Illegal conversion case: Vadodara police involved in investigation

A day after the Bharuch police filed an FIR against nine people for allegedly converting over 100 Hindu tribals to Islam by using foreign money, Vadodara city police on Tuesday said it was joining the probe. Because the case was related to an alleged criminal conspiracy based in Vadodara. AFMI Charitable Trust, Vadodara City Police is being investigated by an SIT.

AFMI Managing Trustee Salahuddin Shaikh, an accused in the Vadodara police case, along with Umar Gautam of the Indian Claims Center (IDC) made 1,026 trips to Bharuch and adjoining districts last year in 28 visits to Bharuch and adjoining districts, police said on Tuesday, police said on Tuesday. places visited. “Conversion” and other conspiracies.

Bharuch police have registered an FIR against nine people, including a UK native of the district, after a man from Kakaria village lodged a complaint that he was converted to Islam in the greed of money.

Vadodara Police said that traces of foreign money and hawala transactions of AFMI Trust, which is under investigation, are also linked to illegal activities in Bharuch as Shaikh “reported Rs 12-15 lakh sent by Abdullah Luffdawala through Hawala”. facility was provided.

Lungdwala, a UK-based businessman originally from Bharuch’s Nabipur, has been called for questioning by the Vadodara SIT after it emerged that he facilitated hawala transactions for Sheikh through Dubai and “Islamic activities” in Kashmir. also sent money for Indo-Nepal border area.

“Salauddin Sheikh, Umar Gautam and Lungwala were part of a criminal conspiracy to carry out illegal conversions in various states and also used to build mosques in the border areas of India and Pakistan along with protests against the CAA. NRC,” said Vadodara city police.

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