Alleged Conversion Through Online Games Racket Busted, 23-Year-Old Arrested

Shahnawaz Maksood Khan used the digital name 'Baddo' and allegedly targeted children who played an online game.

A racket of alleged religious conversion through online games has been busted in Maharashtra, and a 23-year-old accused arrested from a Mumbai suburb, police said today.

A Thane Court today granted a transit remand for the accused. The 23-year-old accused, Shahnawaz Maksood Khan, a resident of Mumbra, will now be produced before a Ghaziabad court within three days. He was arrested from Alibaug for allegedly converting children into Islam through online games. 

Shahnawaz Maksood Khan used the digital name 'Baddo' and allegedly targeted children who played an online game. His arrest came after the Uttar Pradesh Police uncovered an alleged conversion racket in which teenagers were being targeted through an online gaming application. According to the UP Police, a person from Ghaziabad was arrested on Thursday and during his interrogation, Khan's name came to light.

Responding to the issue of religious conversion through online gaming, Union Minister for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the government is already working on a framework to ban such games.