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U.P. ATS arrests cleric in illegal conversion case
The Hindu
Kaleem Siddiqui has been sent to 14-day judicial custody
Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad arrested prominent cleric Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui in the illegal-conversion racket case, from Meerut on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, ATS presented him before a court in Lucknow that refused to grant police custody. “He was sent to 14-day judicial custody,” said Abu Bakr Sabbaq, Mr. Siddiqui's advocate
Mr. Siddiqui hailed from Muzaffarnagar, but spent most of his time in Delhi. Local sources said the cleric was arrested when he came out after attending a programme in a madarsa in the Lisadi Gate area in Meerut.
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