Jaunpur, Jan. 26 -- The District Police today arrested five people, including a woman, on charges of allegedly attempting to carry out religious conversion.

According to Additional Superintendent of Police (City) A. Srivastava, the action was taken by the Line Bazar police station team. The arrests were made under the leadership of Station In-Charge Satish Kumar Singh, along with Crime Inspector Vijay Shankar Yadav and woman constable Aarti Singh.

The arrested accused have been identified as Munna Chauhan, resident of Kuddapur Srinagar, Line Bazar police station area, Jaunpur, Vidyut Pramanik, resident of Gararah, Talachua police station, Kendrapara district, Odisha, Arun Kumar, resident of Umarpur Haribandhanpur, Kotwali police station a...