Lucknow, July 28 -- Chhangur Baba, alias Jamaluddin, the prime accused in an illegal religious conversion case, was remanded to five-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody by the ED court on Monday.

Although the ED had requested a seven-day custody, the court granted a five-day remand. The agency plans to file a production warrant against Chhangur Baba.

Meanwhile, on July 26, in a joint operation, the Agra Police, with the Uttarakhand Police, arrested six people in connection with a religious conversion racket allegedly linked to the Chhangur gang, which operates out of Pakistan and Dubai.

Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Singh said a team from the Agra Police had arrived in Uttarakhand about ten days ago as part o...