In the secluded fields of a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, a sinister operation allegedly preyed on the faith and desperation of hundreds of Dalits. What appeared to be a simple prayer hall was, according to police, the nerve centre of a sophisticated religious conversion racke t run by a local man, Malkhan, who now goes by Mathews.

Following Mathews' arrest last week, a ground report by India Today TV from Nigoha village reveals the intricate methods he allegedly used to convert hundreds of Hindus to Christianity over the past two years, promising miraculous cures for chronic diseases.

INSIDE THE ‘HEALING’ ROOM

Hidden from public view, Mathews constructed an elaborate world of his own. The large hall, now sealed by police, stands in stark contrast to its rustic surroundings. It

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