16-year Santosh was missing from Surat; traced as Abdulla in Delhi after 3 years

Surat: In a religious conversion incident, a man named Santosh Pandhare is converted to Abdulla after he went missing in 2013 at 16 years of age.

Three poor and orphan brothers including Santosh were residing in Azad Nagar Area of Surat and Santosh was the youngest among the three. In 2013, he suddenly disappeared and his elder brothers were unable to find him despite searching. Suddenly after six years, his elder brothers received a call from Santosh claiming that he is converted to Abdulla and not willing to come back to Surat.

Both elder brothers had contacted South Gujarat Coordinator of Bajarangdal Deviprasad Dubey before 3 years and informed about this matter and Deviprasad had drawn the attention of the police to this case. Thereafter, a crime-branch team had found Santosh alias Abdulla from Delhi and brought him back. Though he escaped again from his home after six months.

His elder brother Dinesh Pandhare informed that Santosh behaves like a religious fundamentalist and he is teaching in a Madrasa in UP. He also informed about his friends in Kashmir whose friends are based in Pakistan. Santosh’s brothers are assuming that his religious conversion is done through enticement.