ED files chargesheet against 6 in case of religious conversion of deaf children

Updated: Feb 3 2023 7:31PM

New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a chargesheet before a court here on Friday against six accused for allegedly laundering money received from Pakistani intelligence agency ISI for the alleged conversion of deaf students and poor people to Islam in Uttar Pradesh.

The chargesheet named Mohammad Umar Gautam, Sallahuddin Zeinuddin Shaikh and Mufti Qazi Jehangir Qasmi, who are currently lodged in judicial custody in Lucknow, as the accused in the case.

The federal agency also named three organisations -- Islamic Dawah Centre, Fatimah Charitable Foundation and AFMI Charitable Trust -- as the accused in the chargesheet filed before Additional Sessions Judge Rajinder Singh, who put up the matter for consideration on February 17.

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