Mirzapur: Imran, the mastermind of the conversion and blackmailing racket of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested by the police from Delhi Airport. He was planning to run away abroad. The police had declared a reward of Rs 25 thousand on his head. He was being searched continuously.
The investigation of this case has revealed shocking international connections. According to exclusive information available with Aaj Tak, Imran, an important character of this entire network, had gone to Dubai on 27 January 2024. The investigating agencies have also got a copy of his passport. In the year 2024, he was on a foreign trip during religious conversion activities.
According to sources, in Dubai, Imran had met many suspicious people associated with the organized network of conversion. In these meetings, not only the expansion of the network was discussed, but also funding was also discussed. Imran’s lifestyle and expenditure of lakhs of rupees on foreign trips has become a big question for the investigating agencies. It has also been revealed that Imran was not limited to Dubai only.
He was also going to Malaysia again and again. Some parts of this network were operated even while sitting in Malaysia. Now the investigating agencies are busy finding out through which routes the money coming from abroad was reaching India. The root of this entire matter is linked to a gym syndicate running in Mirzapur. Here, a racket of illegal religious conversion and blackmailing was being run through a chain of five gyms.
This gang targeted at least 30 women, most of whom were Hindu women. These women were associated with these gyms for physical training. The accused first befriended the women and then obtained their personal photos and videos. After this, with the help of AI tools, obscene content was created and the victims were blackmailed. Threats were made to make his videos viral on social media.
These demands included sexual exploitation and pressure for religious conversion. In this case, nine accused including GRP head constable Irshad Khan have been arrested. The arrested accused include gym owner and trainer Mohammad Sheikh Ali Alam, Faizal Khan, Zaheer, Shadab and Farid Ahmed. The main accused Farid Ahmed was caught in an encounter after firing at the police.
Police have recovered dozens of AI-generated obscene videos, pictures and chats from the mobile phones of the accused. This racket was active since 2021 and its objective was not just blackmailing but also mental and social exploitation of women through technology. Mirzapur DM Pawan Kumar Gangwar has ordered to seal all the five gyms under investigation by February 27.