'Arrested Mumbai youth converted 800 to Islam'

July 24, 2016 09:18

Rizwan Khan, who was arrested from Kalyan on Saturday, and Arshid Qureshi, held from Navi Mumbai earlier in the week, had reportedly facilitated the conversion of around 800 people across the country, including many in Mumbai, ATS officials said.

Both are connected to controversial televangelist Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation, officials said. Several documents and marriage certificates had been seized from Khan, which indicate that he and Qureshi had converted over 800 Christians and Hindus to Islam, officials said.

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