Enforcement Directorate Raids In Delhi, UP Over Alleged Mass Conversion

Several crores of foreign funding were received by the accused "for the purpose of illegal conversion", the central probe agency further underlined.

Raids were carried out today by the Enforcement Directorate at nine places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over a case of "forced religious conversion", the probe agency said. Several crores of foreign funding were received by the accused "for the purpose of illegal conversion", the central probe agency further underlined, citing documents that were recovered during the raids carried out at six places in Delhi and three places in UP. Some of this funding had also been allegedly received from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).  "Several incriminating documents have been seized during searches which reveal the large-scale conversion carried out by accused Umar Gautam and his organisations all over India," the official statement read. "The documents also reveal several crores of foreign funding received by the accused organisations for the purpose of illegal conversions," it added.