India, May 25 -- The Supreme Court has castigated the Uttar Pradesh police for its "casual" and "cavalier" approach in dealing with the liberty of citizens as it quashed the two FIRs against Vinod Bihari Lal, the director of Prayagraj-based Sam Higginbottom University (SHUATS) , in connection with allegations of illegal religious conversions.

Lal, who is the director of administration at the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), was booked under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 based on two FIRs lodged against him for allegedly misusing around Rs.34.5 crore received from foreign sources to fund illegal religious conversions. The Allahabad High Court has ...