Deaf Man & Interpreter Arrested By ATS

The News Cover: Uttar Pradesh's ATS arrested Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam and interrogated them as they were the mastermind of the conversion racket. During interrogation, they revealed 3 other individuals were involved in the racket. Based on their inputs, on 28th June 2021, UP's ADG Prashant Kumar said, their individuals were arrested from different locations. Manu Yadav who changed his name to - Abdul Mannan, after conversion was arrested from Gurugram in Haryana. Irfan Khan was arrested in Maharashtra & Rahul Bhola was arrested in Delhi. According to a News18 report, Irfan was an expert interpreter working with ISLRTC and had strong contacts with the Deaf. 

Rahul Bhola was helping Irfan in identifying gullible students for converting them to Islam. Irfan then put them in touch with Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam who would then issue them conversion certificates. The ADG said that during investigations they found that between 2010 and June 2021, huge foreign funds were pumped into Jehangir & Gautam’s accounts. They found that Rs 1.70 crore, in cash and cheques had been transferred. He added, of this Rs 50 lakhs was deposited from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Jeddah.