Congress leaders from Assam wrote to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Tuesday, urging it to investigate the demolition of a madrasa in Assam’s Bongaigaon area and ensure justice for its 224 students.
The Congress legislators in their letter said that the district administration did not give enough time to the 224 residential students of the madrasa, of who most were minors, to vacate the premises.
They also alleged in the letter that it was an act of inhumanity towards these students and such an unlawful action denied them the right to education.
The letter added the madrasa had received permission from the panchayat for its construction.
The Congress leaders claimed in their letter that, “the arrested teacher has already been suspended and the madrassa management had extended full cooperation to the investigating agencies as they scanned the entire campus but no incriminating documents were found in the premises during the search by the agencies.”
