(Credits:The New Indian)
Laxmanpuri (UP) – The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to investigate the misuse of foreign donations received by madarasas of the State and for this, a three-member special investigation team (SIT) has been formed under the chairmanship of ADG ATS Mohit Agarwal, with SP Cyber Crime Dr Triveni Singh and director, minority welfare J Reebha as members. Minister for Minorities’ Welfare, Dharmpal Singh, said, “Our department doesn’t have the experts to get exact information about the source of funds and where they were diverted or used and for which purpose. Therefore, the State Government has constituted a SIT to probe the source of funds and where they were spent by various madarasas. Most of the madarasa managements were not giving a satisfactory reply when asked about foreign funding. So, the State decided to probe the source of funding to these madarasas through the SIT.
There are 16,513 recognised madarasas in the State and 560 of them are receiving grants from the State Government. Around 8,000 unrecognised madarasas were also found operating in the State after the madarasa survey.
The number of madarasas in the Tarai District of UP is the highest in this. These are on the Indo-Nepal border and their number is rapidly increasing. Currently there are more than 1,500 madarasas and the number of Muslims on the Indo-Nepal border is increasing.
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