Dehradun, Sept. 7 -- The Uttarakhand police on Sunday continued its 'Operation Kalanemi', a statewide effort to catch any fraudulent 'babas' with over 5,500 people verified by officials, out of which 1,182 people have been investigated and 20 FIRs registered, after which some arrests were also made.

According to Inspector General of Police (Crime and Law & Order) Nilesh Anand Bharne, the case also involves women being forcibly converted, and being made to be involved in terror links. The IGP also said that some Nepali-origin people were also caught hiding their identities, while Bangladeshi-origin people were also arrested.

"Some cases involve girls with terror links, religious conversions, some cases have also come up that people chang...