SIT to probe 4,000 UP madrasas receiving funds from abroad
Lucknow (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a special investigation team to investigate into 4,000 madrasas, mostly running along the border with Nepal, which are allegedly receiving funds from abroad, officials said on Monday.
An official said the SIT will examine if the money was used on any illegal activities, like terrorism or forcible religious conversion.
The three-member SIT led by Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Mohit Agarwal of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was formed on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a senior official said.
Cyber Cell Superintendent of Police Triveni Singh and Minority Welfare Department Director J Reebha are its other members.
Confirming the setting up of the SIT, ADG Aggarwal said there are about 24,000 madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, of which 16,000 are recognised and 8,000 unrecognised.
About 4,000 madrasas could come under the purview of the investigation and the process of serving notices to them will start this week, an official said.
In the last few years, several madrasas have come up in the areas bordering Nepal, according to officials.
Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Shravasti, Balrampur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit share their borders with Nepal.
An official said a complaint was earlier received that the funds received from abroad were allegedly used in anti-national activities.
A survey last year found that "most madrassas" in the border areas were receiving large sums of money, but were unable to give an accurate account of it, he said.
The SIT will serve notice to such madrasas and seek information about transactions into Exchange Earners' Foreign Currency (EEFC) Accounts, he said.
The SIT will then investigate the madrasas that get funds from abroad, questioning them on the source of the money and activities on which it was used, the official added.
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Three arrested for running fake Aadhaar racket in UP's Badaun
Budaun (UP), Apr 30 (PTI): The Budaun Police on Thursday busted a gang allegedly involved in preparing fake Aadhaar cards and forged documents, and arrested three of its members, officials said.
The action was carried out in the Hazratpur area, where the accused were found operating an illegal setup to generate fake identity documents, they said.
The accused have been identified as Farman Ali, a resident of Munshi Nagla, Anuj Kumar of Uprela, and Brajnandan of Sirsauli.
The police said a fingerprint scanner, three laptops, a hard disk, a scanner, a large number of Aadhaar cards and several suspicious documents were recovered from their possession.
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During interrogation, it was revealed that the gang had been involved in preparing fake identity documents for a long time, misleading people and earning money through illegal means, officials said.
Station House Officer Pushpendra Singh said the accused have been produced before a court, and efforts are underway to identify and arrest other members of the gang.
He added that further revelations are likely as the investigation progresses.
