LUCKNOW, July 28 -- A special court here on Monday granted a five-day police custody remand (PCR) of Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, arrested for alleged illegal religious conversions, to Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the former's interrogation regarding the assets acquired by him using the proceeds of crime, confirmed prosecution officials.

Chhangur Baba is accused of masterminding a large-scale religious conversion racket from Balrampur.

The officials said ED took him into their custody soon after. They said the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases granted Chhangur Baba's PCR to ED from 5 pm on Monday to 5 pm on August 1.

They said the ED had sought the suspect's PCR for seven days, alleging that he an...