Three arrested in Kanpur on charges of illegal religious conversion, police told how the accused used to trap the poor and Dalits, Three arrested in Kanpur on charges of illegal religious conversion know the modus operendi of accused

Kanpur. Illegal religious conversions have been exposed in Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur Police has arrested three people for luring the poor and converting them to their religion. Kanpur Dehat SP Shraddha Narendra Pandey said that the case of conversion is of Akbarpur Kotwali. An organization named Navakanti Society has been accused of motivating poor and Dalit community people to adopt Christianity for many years. A person named Rambharose had complained to the police about this. He was associated with Navakanti Society and had himself converted.

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Unveiling the religious conversion gang @kanpurdehatpol 03 members have been arrested.

The accused were providing valuable items and money etc. as an inducement to the local people to convert them into Christianity by making them believe in Christianity. pic.twitter.com/pwIyK3XILi

— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) January 10, 2026

Rambharose has said in the complaint given to the police that the people of Navakanti Society earlier used to bring together the poor and people of Dalit community in the name of providing them sewing machines, beauty parlors, salons and other training. In the meetings of the organization, luring people with home appliances, means of employment, installation of hand pumps and other facilities were given. Those who joined the organization to other people were also lured to give Rs 6000 every month. It was told in Rambharose’s complaint that a normal conversation should have been held first. Then along with teaching the Bible, Christian prayers were conducted. Then Navakanti Society would also make one take the oath of conversion. Rambharosa claims that foreigners were also present in many meetings of the organization.

According to Rambharose, when people raised questions on these activities and refused to convert, the people of the organization asked to return double the amount and even threatened to kill them. After this a complaint was made to the police. This activity of conversion was going on just half a kilometer away from Akbarpur Kotwali for the last 10 years. As soon as the Kanpur Dehat police received the complaint, they wrote an FIR against four people and arrested Daniel Sharad Singh, Hariom Tyagi and Savitri Sharma and sent them to jail. Kanpur Dehat SP Shraddha Pandey said that the police is searching for more people associated with this conversion network. It is not yet known how many people were converted by Navakanti Society. However, it is being claimed that the organization converted thousands of people.