‘Miracles’, funding from Islamic countries: How Chhangur Baba converted hundreds of Hindu women

Jamaluddin, also known as Chhangur Baba, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur for allegedly running a large-scale illegal religious conversion racket targeting Hindu girls. He claimed to possess healing powers through miracles and reportedly misled his ‘followers’ while pressuring them to convert to Islam. It has also been revealed that he received nearly Rs 500 crore in foreign funding over the last three years

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