Haldwani, July 5 -- The Udham Singh Nagar district administration has cancelled the Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate of a man after an inquiry found that he had voluntarily converted to Christianity in Gadarpur, officials said on Saturday. Additional district magistrate (ADM) Pankaj Upadhyay said the action followed a complaint filed by Arvind Saini, a resident of Majarshila village in Gadarpur tehsil. Saini alleged that a local resident, Surendra Sagar, was allegedly building a church in the village illegally and converting local residents to Christianity. Following the complaint, Gadarpur sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Richa Singh conducted an inquiry. The investigation found that Rajan Kumar, a resident of Chakarpur Barkheda village, who belonged to the Scheduled Caste category, had converted to Christianity at the church while continuing to hold a valid SC certificate, the ADM said. Upadhyay said the preliminary inquiry found that the SC certificate was issued by the Gadarpur tehsildar's office on January 14, 2019. During verification, officials found that Kumar was operating a social media account under the name "Rajan Masih", besides voluntarily admitting to his religious conversion. htc...