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Uttarakhand’s ‘Operation Kalanemi’ has led to 14 arrests, including Bangladeshi nationals, for alleged cheating and religious conversions.
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A total of 14 people, including some Bangladeshi nationals, have so far been arrested under the Uttarakhand government’s ‘Operation Kalanemi‘, launched to nab ‘babas‘ allegedly involved in cheating and converting people’s religion.
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Addressing a press conference, Inspector General of Police (Crime and Law and Order) Nilesh Anand Bharane said that the police have questioned more than 5,500 people in the state, out of which preventive action was taken against 1,182 people.
The operation had begun in July. In August, officials in Uttarakhand said that 300 people had been arrested after questioning 4,000 people in the state.
Bharane said the operation has achieved remarkable success, and a large number of people have been questioned under it.
In Haridwar, 2,704 people were checked, and three of them were arrested, whereas in Dehradun, 922 people were checked, out of which five were arrested.
The police have also been taking action in Tehri, Pauri, Almora, Nainital and other districts as well, he said.
Bharne said the campaign aims to retain the “sacred image of Devbhoomi“.
The officer said a person arrested under the operation was a Bangladeshi citizen living in Selaqui as a Bengali doctor, Amit Kumar, for the last eight years, with the help of fake documents.
Ifraz Ahmed Lolu, a resident of Anantnag in Kashmir, was arrested from Selaqui for getting into relationships with women by hiding his religion and posing as a rich man from Delhi named Raj Ahuja, he said.
Operation Kalanemi is named after Kalanemi, the demon son of Ravana’s uncle Maricha. Kalanemi, mentioned in both the Ramayana and Mahabharata, disguised as a sadhu who tried to stop Lord Hanuman from procuring the ‘Sanjeevani Booti‘. He was reborn as Kansa, Lord Krishna’s uncle, in the Mahabharata.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
September 08, 2025, 09:09 IST
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