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Enforcement Directorate to probe money laundering aspect in Uttar Pradesh conversion case

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a criminal case of money laundering in connection with alleged funding from Pakistani intelligence agency ISI in connection with the alleged conversion of some deaf students and poor people to Islam in Uttar Pradesh.

New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a criminal case of money laundering in connection with alleged funding from Pakistani intelligence agency ISI in connection with the alleged conversion of some deaf students and poor people to Islam in Uttar Pradesh. Official sources gave this information on Friday. He said that the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), considered equivalent to a police FIR, has been registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The matter came to light after the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two people, residents of Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, earlier this week.

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The arrested accused were identified by the Uttar Pradesh Police as Mufti Qazi Jehangir Alam Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam. The ATS claimed that they run an organization called Islamic Dawa Centre, which allegedly received funds from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and other foreign agencies for carrying out illegal activities. The ED studied this FIR and registered a money laundering case. Official sources said the probe would focus on the allegation that illegal money was received from foreign and domestic sources and money laundering was carried out by the accused and his associates.

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The agency has the power to attach the properties of the accused during investigation and subsequently file a charge sheet before the PMLA court for trial and punishment between three to seven years as prescribed under the law. Uttar Pradesh Police’s ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar told the media after the arrest of these people that Gautam, who himself converted to Islam from Hinduism, had given the lure of marriage, money and job during police interrogation. Claimed to have converted at least 1,000 people to Islam. A case has been registered against these two people on various charges under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the stringent anti-conversion law of Uttar Pradesh. Both of them are currently in police custody.

Disclaimer:Prabhasakshi has not edited this news. This news has been published from PTI-language feed.

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