Madrasa in Assam demolished over suspected terror hyperlinks

By IANS

GUWAHATI: The Assam authorities on Wednesday demolished a private-run Madrasa in its bid to foil the alleged terror actions being run from the Madrasas within the state.

This morning, the Bongaigaon district administration demolished Markazul Ma’arif-u-Kariyana Madrassa at Kabaitari within the Jogighopa space of the district.

Eight bulldozers carried out the demolition drive within the presence of police personnel there.

SP Bongaigaon, Swapnaneel Deka knowledgeable {that a} discover relating to the demolition was issued to the Madrasa authority on Tuesday. Of the practically 200 college students, most of them have been despatched again residence, whereas a couple of others who stayed on the Madrasa premises shifted to close by establishments earlier than finishing up the demolition.

Hafizur Rahman, a instructor of this madrasa, was arrested on August 26 primarily based on data supplied by two imams earlier nabbed by the place from the Goalpara district.

Police claimed that Rahman and two imams have robust hyperlinks with the fear outfits Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).

“We have found some incriminating documents while searching the madrasa,” Deka mentioned.

Asked concerning the cause behind the demolition, the police officer mentioned that the madrasa was constructed violating the federal government norms and mandatory permissions for the constructing have been additionally not sought.

“So, it was demolished under provisions of the Disaster Management Act”, he added.

In the final 5 months, Assam police have arrested round 40 folks for his or her alleged hyperlinks to AQIS and ABT.

GUWAHATI: The Assam authorities on Wednesday demolished a private-run Madrasa in its bid to foil the alleged terror actions being run from the Madrasas within the state.

This morning, the Bongaigaon district administration demolished Markazul Ma’arif-u-Kariyana Madrassa at Kabaitari within the Jogighopa space of the district.

Eight bulldozers carried out the demolition drive within the presence of police personnel there.

SP Bongaigaon, Swapnaneel Deka knowledgeable {that a} discover relating to the demolition was issued to the Madrasa authority on Tuesday. Of the practically 200 college students, most of them have been despatched again residence, whereas a couple of others who stayed on the Madrasa premises shifted to close by establishments earlier than finishing up the demolition.

Hafizur Rahman, a instructor of this madrasa, was arrested on August 26 primarily based on data supplied by two imams earlier nabbed by the place from the Goalpara district.

Police claimed that Rahman and two imams have robust hyperlinks with the fear outfits Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).

“We have found some incriminating documents while searching the madrasa,” Deka mentioned.

Asked concerning the cause behind the demolition, the police officer mentioned that the madrasa was constructed violating the federal government norms and mandatory permissions for the constructing have been additionally not sought.

“So, it was demolished under provisions of the Disaster Management Act”, he added.

In the final 5 months, Assam police have arrested round 40 folks for his or her alleged hyperlinks to AQIS and ABT.