A Muslim man who, along with his family, converted into a Hindu, said Lord Ram appeared in his dreams and asked him to adopt Hinduism. The man from Shamli in Uttar Pradesh said he repeatedly had such dreams.

According to a report by ANI, Shazad changed his name to Sanju Rana, after conversion, and also went to the district magistrate to make the procedure official.

Rana said that his ancestors were Hindus who forcibly converted to Islam.

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"Lord Ram had been appearing in my dreams for the past 15-20 days asking me to come back [to Hinduism]. We were Hindus earlier. Centuries ago, invaders came to our land and forced my ancestors to convert to Islam. I am just returning to my roots," he said according to ANI.

Rana said that he was under no pressure to convert to Hindu. He said that he and his family are happy with the conversion.

He admitted that he was scared and worried about how his community would react to his decision.

Following this, Rana approached the police this morning for protection. "I just wanted to protect my children. I saved my life by fleeing to the police station," he said.

According to ANI, Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar said, "We haven't found any concrete evidence regarding a threat to his life. This conversion is his personal matter. Constitutional proceedings will be undertaken in this matter."