LUCKNOW, Jan. 13 -- The disclosure of an earlier marriage of KGMU senior resident doctor Rameezuddin Nayak alias Rameez Malik, allegedly solemnised after an unlawful religious conversion, has brought an elusive cleric from Pilibhit under the scanner of the Special Task Force (STF), which is probing the case as a suspected organised conversion racket.

Senior police officials said the role of Qazi Zahid of Neoria in Pilibhit district came into focus after investigators unearthed details of Rameez's first marriage with a woman doctor from Agra in February 2025, following her alleged religious conversion. Officials said the accused had not disclosed this marriage to King George's Medical University (KGMU).

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