Vijay Prakash, Bilariyaganj's station house officer (SHO), said that the group would allegedly offer people money, among other perks, to convert to Christianity.
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As many as four people, including two women, were arrested by the police on Sunday, 17 April, in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district on the charge of "unlawful" conversion of people to a different religion.
The police said that one of the accused persons, Rakesh Kumar, rented a house where he would persuade people to convert to Christianity, The Indian Express reported.
The other accused persons include Ajay Kumar, Geeta and Reeta Devi.
"We conducted an inquiry into the complaint and found the allegations to be true. During investigation, we will check how many people the accused were able to get converted," Prakash said.
The matter was reported to the police by a local named Praveen Kumar, as per The Indian Express.
(With inputs from The Indian Express.)
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