Agra, Sept. 2 -- Eight persons including the main accused were arrested today by the Shahganj police which busted an illegal conversion racket in Agra district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said here.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Sonam Kumar said that the game of converting people from Hinduism to Christianity was going on in Shahganj. "The main accused Rajkumar Lalwani had returned from Mumbai and was engaged in illegal conversion. He used to ask people to convert by citing divine powers. Police have arrested eight people including Rajkumar Lalwani and three women," he said.

He said that Lalwani had gone to Mumbai four years ago and converted to Christianity there. "After returning from Mumbai, he started adoptin...