Raj tried to suggest that tribals, who willingly live a primitive lifestyle far-removed from civilisation, are poor and that such extreme poverty levels are crucial to receiving a ration card in UP.
On issuance of the arrest warrant under section 70 of the CrPC, the police can take help of police from across the state as well as outside of state to arrest the accused.
OpIndia had earlier reported how as many as 37 tribal families were converted to Islam back in 2018 by luring them with promises of better jobs, money, marriage.
Fefdawala Haji Abdullah's name has surfaced in the recent Bharuch mass conversion case of over 100 tribals. He was also named in the UP mass conversion racket and hawala funding earlier this year.