Pratikshit Singh | 10 March 2024 | The Mooknayak

Lucknow: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has recommended closure of more than 8,000 madrasas on the charges of “dubious funding”. Constituted in October last year, the probing team led by Mohit Agarwal, additional director general of police (anti-terrorist squad) was mandated to disclose suspected misuse of alleged foreign donations received by unregistered madrasas in the state.

The report submitted by the SIT said that most of the religious seminaries are located near the Indo-Nepal border in districts such as Maharajganj, Shravasti, Gonda etc. The management or caretakers of these madrasas allegedly failed to provide information on the sources of their funding and disclose donors’ identity…

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