Guwahati: Ahead of the Independence Day celebration, the Assam police successfully arrested one Islamist terrorist from a remote riverine area of Dhubri
Assam chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the government is planning to reduce the number of privately run madrassas in the state. "We want to
Uniindia: Guwahati, Jan 17 (UNI) The Assam government is undertaking a survey of all madrassas in the state in order to merge the smaller one which according to police is the hotbed for spreading radicalism with the bigger madrassas.
The Assam government has decided to merge small madrasas that are generally used to spread radicalism with larger ones to reduce the threat, Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said on Monday.A survey is on to create a database of all such educational institutions in the state.
The move comes after cracked down on alleged modules of terrorist organisation Ansarul Bangla Team and 51 Bangladeshis were discovered among the preachers at Madrasas