Agra cops arrest kingpin's aide in Delhi
Agra, July 22 -- The Agra police arrested one Abdul Rehman, popular as Rehman Chacha, from Delhi, in connection with the religious conversions case, on Monday.
Of the 10 people arrested earlier in connection with the case, all said that they were working for Abdul Rehman.
"These were arrested last week from Goa, and others were working for Abdul Rehman in Delhi. They used to target Hindus and Christians for conversion to Islam," said Agra commissioner Deepak Kumar, who clarified that there was no connection with Changur Baba arrested in UP earlier. The accused is being brought to Agra where police will seek his police remand from court as he was a close aide of Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui arrested by UP ATS in 2021. During interrogation, Agra police came to know that Abdul Rehman was running the conversion racket begun by Kaleem Siddiqui who was sentenced to life imprisonment by NIA Court in 2024.
Kumar said, "...During interrogation, it was revealed that Rehman was a Hindu by name Madan Lal Jadaun and resident of Firozabad but converted to Islam in 1990 and went to Delhi as a labourer," he said.
"In Delhi, he came in contact with Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui from Shaheen Bagh who was arrested by UP ATS in 2021 and was convicted to life imprisonment in 2024. Abdul Rehman took up the work of racket for conversion after arrest of Kaleem Siddiqui in 2021 and rose as kingpin while popularly known as Rehman Chacha and was so mentioned in statement by Ayesha, arrested from Goa last week for conversion," the CP said.
"During the search operation after the arrest of Abdul Rehman, thousands of books seized. The name of Abdul Rehman was mentioned in a book written by Kaleem and published by Global Peace Center," said the CP....
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