District administrations claim they were structurally unsound or ‘illegal constructions’. The chief minister himself has linked demolitions to terror cases.
In the last few weeks, four madrasas have been demolished, with the first three being pulled down by government authorities. Earlier on August 4, the government authorities demolished Madrasa Jamiul Huda Madrasa at Moirabari in Morigaon district. Assam: Locals Residents of Goalpara Demolish Madrasa Over Anti-National Activities.
Local residents of Pakhuria Char in Assam s Goalpara district, demolished a madrasa on Tuesday after a cleric associated with it was held for alleged anti-national activities.
Assam police on Wednesday night arrested another person linked with Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Guwahati.
On August 30, the Goalpara District police conducted a search operation and seized several key documents including one leaflet of terror Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in Bengali language and one logo suspected to be of AQIS.