Assam: CM Sarma directs teachers coming from outside to teach in madrasas to appear in nearest police station “from time to time”

The Assam police also seized drugs worth Rs 781 crore, one of the largest haul in the country excluding by sea, as against Rs 400 crore the previous year

PGurus Newsdesk

January 2, 2023

The Assam police also seized drugs worth Rs 781 crore, one of the largest haul in the country excluding by sea, as against Rs 400 crore the previous year

Assam police working with Muslims in the state to “rationalize” Madrasa education

On Sunday Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that all teachers who have come from outside Assam to teach in madrasas in the state may be asked to appear “from time to time” in the nearest police station.

After a massive crackdown by the Assam police on modules of the terrorist organization Ansarul Bangla Team in which 51 Bangladeshis were discovered among preachers at Madrasas, the scrutiny has been heightened of madrasas in the state.

CM Sarma added that a checklist has been prepared for Madrasas, though the state is yet to “enter into an agreement with stakeholders things are moving in the right direction.”

Assam police are working with Muslims in the state to “rationalize” madrasa education. There are some 3,000 registered and unregistered madrasas in the state.

Chief Minister said during an interaction with media persons here that the police are coordinating with Bengali Muslims who have a positive attitude towards education to create “a good environment” in Madrasas. Science and Mathematics will also be taught as subjects in madrasas, the right to education respected and a database of teachers maintained, he said.

Sarma added, “The police under the directive of Director General of Police B J Mahanta is working with the Muslim community to rationalize madrasa education. They should not be considered as enemies, instead, we want them as stakeholders.”

Sarma, who is also the state home minister, said that 2022 also witnessed the end of the tribal and Adivasi insurgency in the state with the surrender of 7,229 cadres of different outfits following the agreement with the central and state governments.

The police seized 757 sophisticated arms, 5983 assorted ammunition, 131 grenades. 26 improvised explosive devices (IED) and 52 kgs of explosives from NDFB, NLFT, Karbi, Dimasa, and Adivasi insurgents but voluntary submissions were more than seizures.

“Another major achievement of the state police was the arrest of the wanted Maoist leader Arun Kumar Bhattacharya alias Kanchanda, who carried a reward of Rs.3.40 crore on his head. His arrest has dealt a death blow to left-wing extremism,” Sarma said.

The Assam police also seized drugs worth Rs.781 crore, one of the largest haul in the country excluding by sea, as against Rs.400 crore the previous year. “This was possible as Assam Police worked in tandem with the central agencies,” he said.

Sarma said, ‘It is not that drugs of this quantity are consumed in the state. Assam serves as the corridor for their transit to other parts of the country. We (the Assam government) are fulfilling a national obligation to save the young people by seizing the drugs in the state and preventing it from reaching the other parts. Corruption, however, continues to be a big menace, and 50 government employees were caught red-handed while taking bribes amounting to a total of Rs.1.12 crore during the last year.”

The union ministry of home affairs has created a grid of central and state agencies leading to the seizure of narcotics of huge quantities from Assam, which included 111 kgs of heroin, 48,000 kgs of ganja, 62 lakhs Yaba tablets, 401 kgs of methamphetamine, 2.11 lakh bottles of cough syrup, eight kgs of morphine and 214 kgs of opium.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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