3 accused, arrested by UP ATS in conversion case, sent to 7-day police custody

The accused were identified as Prasad Rameshwar Kavale alias Adam (from Nagpur), Kausar Alam Shaukat Ali Khan (from Jharkhand) and Bhupriya Bando Devidas Mankar (from Maharashtra's Gadchiroli), the police official said in Nagpur. They were staying at Hansapuri under the jurisdiction of the Ganeshpeth police station. 

New Delhi: The three accused, who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad from Maharashtra's Nagpur in connection with a case registered in Lucknow under UP's anti-conversion law, were on Tuesday (July 20) sent to seven-day police custody. The trio was arrested from the Ganeshpeth area of Nagpur city on July 16.  The accused were identified as Prasad Rameshwar Kavale alias Adam (from Nagpur), Kausar Alam Shaukat Ali Khan (from Jharkhand) and Bhupriya Bando Devidas Mankar (from Maharashtra's Gadchiroli), the police official said in Nagpur. They were staying at Hansapuri under the jurisdiction of the Ganeshpeth police station.  The UP ATS had arrested some persons last month and claimed to have busted a nationwide racket of religious conversions. An FIR was lodged at the Gomtinagar police station in Lucknow under the state's anti-conversion law. ADG (law and order) of the Uttar Pradesh police Prashant Kumar said in Lucknow the arrested persons are being brought to the state capital by road and will be produced before the court. Efforts will be made to secure their police custody for questioning in connection with a larger conspiracy.