Religious conversion case: ED conducts searches in Delhi & UP

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted searches at six premises located in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the forced religious conversion case involving Mohammad Umar Gautam.

The federal agency had initiated a money laundering probe on the basis of FIR registered by ATS, UP on forced religious conversion under the provisions of Indian Penal Code. In the said FIR, Mohd. Umar Gautam, his associate Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi and others were alleged for alluring people for conversion to Islam religion against financial support.

In this connection, ED conducted searches at six premises, three in Delhi and three in UP. The premises searched include the office of Islamic Dawah Centre (IDC), house of main accused Mohd. Umar Gautam and his associate Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi, all located at Jamia Nagar in Delhi. The offices of Al Hassan Education and Welfare Foundation and Guidance Education and Welfare Society located at Lucknow and Sant Kabir Nagar respectively, were also searched. It is alleged that Umar Gautam has been associated with these organizations and has been playing an instrumental role in carrying out illegal conversions.


The agency claimed to have recovered several incriminating documents during search, which allegedly reveals the large-scale conversions carried out by accused Umar Gautam and his organizations all over India. The documents also reveal receiving of foreign funding of several crores by these organizations for the purpose of illegal conversions, the agency said in a press statement.