Wasim Rizvi Becomes Harbir Narayan Singh Tyagi; Coverts To Hindu: UP
Wasim Rizvi, UP Central Shia Waqf Board Chairman, on December 6 converted to Hindu, leaving Islam. Mahant Narasimha Ananda Sarawati of Dasna Temple helped Rizvi to change his religion. After conversion, Rizvi took a new name, Harbir Singh Narayan Tyagi. He also announced his will to be cremated as per Hindu rituals, instead of being buried and said his pyre to be lit by the Temple's Mahant in Ghaziabad.