LUCKNOW, July 21 -- The UP Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested Rajesh Kumar Upadhyaya, a clerk in the Balrampur chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court, on Saturday for connivance with the alleged kingpin in the Balrampur illegal religious conversion racket, Jalaluddin Shah alias Chhangur Baba, confirmed additional director general (ADG), Law and Order, Amitabh Yash on Sunday.

Upadhyaya is the first accused whose name was not mentioned in the accused column in the FIR lodged by the ATS on November 16, 2024. Seven other accused arrested so far were named in the November FIR. They include Chhangur Baba, his son Mehboob, his close associate Neetu Naveen Rohra alias Nasreen and her husband Naveen Rohra's alias Jamaluddin and Sabroz alias Imran...