Uttarakhand CM Dhami orders verification of madrassas in state

Order comes after police book madrassa head and hisson under POCSO Act

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered verification of the facilities and health conditions of madrassa students in the state. Mr Dhami’s order followed allegations of ill treatment, sexual harassment and poor health of students at a madrassa in Nainital.

Taking cognizance of the reports of inhuman treatment to the children in an illegal madrassa at Virbhatti village near Jeolikot in Nainital district, Mr Dhami ordered additional chief secretary, home, Radha Raturi, to verify the functioning of all the madrassas across the state. In his directive to the ACS, the chief minister said, “Get the verification done in all the madrassas running in the state. Initiate legal action wherever madrassas are following unethical lines of functioning. Also book those responsible for the ill treatment of students and children.”