A Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, who converted to Hinduism along with his family, said that the Hindu God Lord Ram, had been appearing in his dreams, asking him to adopt Hinduism.

This has been reported by news agency ANI.

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

Rana claimed that his ancestors were Hindus too, who were made to convert to Islam.

"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 clarified that he wasn't under any kind of pressure from any person or group for the conversion and his family is also happy with it.

He admitted that he was scared about how his community would react after hearing that he saw Lord Ram in his dreams, the ANI report said. He said the situation became worse than he feared initially. Rana alleged that he received death threats from people in his neighbourhood and his uncle was also against it.

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."

(With inputs from ANI)

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