‘Mission Asmita': UP Police busts pan-India conversion, radicalisation network; 10 held
LUCKNOW: Acting under the state government's stated 'zero tolerance' policy on organised crime, Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday claimed to have dismantled a pan-India network allegedly involved in illegal religious conversion, radicalisation, and financial facilitation.
Ten suspects were arrested from six states, following the disappearance of two adult sisters from Agra in March.
According to officials, an FIR regarding the disappearance of two real sisters, aged 33 and 18, was lodged at Sadar Bazar police station, Agra, in March and later transferred to the district cyber police station for technical investigation. Sections 87, 111(3), and 111(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3/5 of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, were invoked.
Investigators said evidence pointed to a wider organised operation spanning multiple states.
DGP Rajeev Krishna said the action was part of 'Mission Asmita,' an internal initiative launched to tackle emerging challenges, including alleged forced or deceitful religious conversions, online radicalisation, and financial channels exploiting so-called 'love jihad' tactics (a politically charged term, the use of which remains under official investigation).
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Police teams were dispatched to West Bengal, Goa, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, and within Uttar Pradesh, and arrested the following 10 suspects (names and aliases as provided by police; their exact roles are under verification):
Aisha (alias S.B. Krishna) – Goa
Ali Hasan (alias Shekhar…) – Kolkata, West Bengal
Osama – Kolkata, West Bengal
Rehman Qureshi – Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Abbu Tariq – Khalapar, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Abdur Rehman – Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Mohammad Ali – Jaipur, Rajasthan
Junaid Qureshi – Jaipur, Rajasthan
Mustafa (alias Manoj) – Delhi
Mohammad Ali – Jaipur, Rajasthan (duplicate listing by police under verification)
DGP Rajeev Krishna said, 'In a crackdown, 10 suspects were arrested across six states, exposing a sinister web of terror financing and radical recruitment. The network was funneling money through the dark web to support extremist activities and 'love jihad' operations, adopting tactics resembling the signature style of ISIS. Preliminary findings suggest the group had active ties to banned outfits like
PFI
and SDPI, with handlers connected to Pakistan-based operatives. Agra emerged as one of the key hubs of this network, where radicalisation modules were being developed and funds distributed.'
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