From Rings to Riches: Changur Baba Built a ₹100 Crore Empire

Changur Baba

Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh): Once a street vendor selling rings and gemstones, Jamaluddin alias ‘Changur Baba’ is now at the centre of one of Uttar Pradesh’s biggest illegal religious conversion crackdowns. Accused of masterminding a pan-district conversion racket, Baba’s empire—spread across 3 bighas with a lavish mansion—was razed to the ground by authorities, exposing a tale of deceit, power, and illegal foreign funding. Originally from Rehra Mafi village under Utraula tehsil, Jamaluddin had lived modestly in a dilapidated ancestral house. Over a decade ago, he mysteriously left the village and re-emerged…

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