: Assam: Goalpara villagers claim they demolished madrassa on police directions #IndiaNEWS Residents of a village in Assam’s Goalpara district who demolished a madrassa earlier this week, have now

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Assam: Goalpara villagers claim they demolished madrassa on police directions #IndiaNEWS
Residents of a village in Assam’s Goalpara district who demolished a madrassa earlier this week, have now claimed that they did so on instructions from the police, PTI reported on Saturday. The police, however, have said that the allegations were baseless.On Tuesday, reports had said that locals living near a madrassa in the Darogar Alga char – a sandbar – in Goalpara had razed the educational institute, along with a reed house in the premises, as a cleric associated with it had been arrested for allegedly being involved in anti-national activities.On Saturday, Rahim Badshah, a villager, told PTI that he was among those who razed the two structures. “I was working in my jute field on the riverside when Shukur Ali [another villager] called me to the madrasaa compound,� he said. “He asked me and five-six others to help him demolish them.�Ali claims to be a Bharatiya Janata Party worker.Badshah told the news agency that when he reached the madrassa premises, some mediapersons were already present there. “When I asked Ali why we should demolish the madrasa, he said that [the] SP [superintendent of police] and DSP [deputy superintendent of police] sirs have asked us to do so.�Goalpara Superintendent of Police VV Rakesh Reddy said that the...Read more

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