Assam DGP In Action: Madarsas Asked To Follow Rules

Assam DGP in action: Madarsas asked to follow rules and instructions given for investigation.

Assam’s Director General of Police (DGP) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Sunday said that amid the recent cases of teachers of some madrasas in the state being “found to have links with terrorist organizations.”

All such institutions in the state should be allowed to return to their parent bodies and institutions. The local authorities have been asked to strictly follow the rules laid down.

Mahant said that the four main organizations running most of the madrasas in the state have been asked to conduct a survey of such religious educational institutions within six months.

Official sources said that at present more than 3,000 registered and unregistered madrasas are being operated in the northeastern state.

These institutions have come under scrutiny since the arrest of teachers over the past few months on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations.

In Assam, three madrasas have been demolished in the last month.

The DGP said at a press conference after a meeting with the leaders of the Islamic community, that radical elements of organizations like ‘Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) want to implement their thinking here and it is the present land.

The political scenario is a matter of concern.’

He said, ‘The radical forces are trying to influence the Muslims in the state, but the community has cooperated, on the whole, a very small part of the population is falling prey to these fundamentalist principles.

Discussion with organizations running madrasas.

Apart from some MLAs of the community, representatives of ‘All Assam Tanzeem Madrasa’, ‘Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat’, ‘All Assam Islamic Research Center, and ‘Nadwatut Tamir’ were present at this meeting.

Mahant said, “Organizations running madrasas already have their own guidelines. We have proposed some additional rules.

They have supported our suggestions.’ But it is not enough to just bring the guidelines, they have to be implemented. We have asked the organizations to ensure their implementation.”

Mahant said that a committee consisting of representatives of the four groups has been formed to survey these institutions and propose ways to ensure that all the guidelines are followed.

All madrasas will have to provide their address, teachers’ names, and addresses.

The DGP said, ‘We urged them to teach religious education as well as general subjects in madrasas for the betterment of the students.’

The name and address of the teachers and the salary to be given will have to be provided. He said 36 people allegedly linked to terrorist organizations have been arrested in the state in the last few months.

The leaders of the Islamic community, later speaking to reporters, welcomed the initiative of the Assam Police and said that a “new atmosphere” has been created.

He said the meeting was the “first step towards uprooting the anti-national elements”.