ED attaches Rs 13 crore assets of Chhangur Baba's aide

In Uttar Pradesh, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached 13 immovable properties worth Rs. 13.02 Crore, acquired by Nitu Navin Rohra, under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in connection with a money laundering case related to Chhangur Baba & others. All the immovable properties are located in Utraula, District Balrampur in the state, probe agency said in a statement. The ED that alleged Chhangur Baba and Navin Rohra hatched a "well-planned" conspiracy and utilised the bank account of Navin Rohra's Dubai-based company named United Marine FZE to get funds from unknown, suspicious sources.

ED, Lucknow has provisionally attached 13 immovable properties located in Utraula, District Balrampur, Uttar Pradeshworth Rs. 13.02 Crore, acquired by Nitu Navin Rohra, under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in connection with a money laundering case related to Chhangur Baba & others… pic.twitter.com/B5TGze2LJv

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ED initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by ATS, Lucknow, under various sections of IPC, 1860 alleging a large-scale conspiracy involving unlawful religious conversions, utilization of foreign funding, and activities posing a potential threat to national security. Chhangur Baba and his associates are alleged to have established an extensive network operating from the premises of Chand Auliya Dargah, Balrampur, where he regularly organized large gatherings attended by both Indian and foreign nationals. He is accused of systematically inducing, coercing, and manipulating individuals of other faiths, particularly the Scheduled Castes, and economically disadvantaged persons belonging to the Hindu religion.

Nitu Rohra is the wife of Chhangur Baba's close aide Navin Rohra. Both Chhangur Baba and Navin Rohra are currently under judicial custody after the ED arrested them as part of its investigation. The money laundering case against Chhangur Baba and his aides stems from an FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) at a police station in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar under various sections of the IPC and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021.

(Crime Correspondent)