LUCKNOW/BAHRAICH, July 9 -- From selling gemstones for different 'astrological remedies' for people's problem on a bicycle while travelling from one village to another until 2015 to gaining popularity as Muslim religious preacher popular as 'Peer Baba' alias Hazrat Baba Jalaluddin, the Balrampur- based kingpin of illegal religious conversion racket, Jalaluddin Shah alias Chhaangur Baba came across a long way in the past one decade before landing in the net of UP Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on July 5, said senior police officials here on Tuesday.

They said the kingpin amassed multiple properties in Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh), Pune (Maharashtra) and a band of luxury vehicles in the past one decade. The officials said the sprawling property, ...