Rudrapur, June 1 -- Police have intensified their investigation into alleged religious conversion cases in Khatima and will be examining the bank accounts and electronic evidence of the accused to ascertain whether financial inducements and foreign funding were used to facilitate conversions, officials said on Sunday. "Police are probing religious conversion cases regarding foreign funding. They are also probing whether funding was provided in conversion cases. Police are identifying private houses and prayer places where prayers were held in connection with conversion activities without permission," said Ajay Ganpati, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Udham Singh Nagar. Police have so far arrested five people, including a woman, in connection with the alleged illegal conversion of members of economically weaker sections, particularly from Tharu tribal villages in the Khatima area. Another accused is absconding and efforts are underway to trace him. Police will scrutinise the bank accounts of the accused and conduct forensic examinations of seized mobile phones and other electronic gadgets to determine whether money was transferred to lure people into religious conversion. htc...