Guwahati

Private madrassas of Assam have been asked to provide all information about their institutions to the state government by December 1 this year.

The madrassas will have to submit all information, including the location of the institution, teachers' details etc. to the Secondary Education department of the state government by December 1 via the organizations under which they operate.

The December 1 deadline was set on Wednesday during a meeting held at the Assam Police Headquarters.

"Works of a portal is going on where the information of all the private Madrasas will be uploaded and the portal will launch soon," Rajib Saikia, CPRO of Assam police said.

Earlier on September 4, a meeting between the DGP of Assam, senior police officials and the representatives of several organizations who run the Madrasas were held and several decisions, including to ensure that no extremist elements would take shelter in the madrassa in the name of religious teaching were taken up.

The Assam Police CPRO said that during today's meeting the Assam DGP said that, police verification would be compulsory for those who come from outside of the state and are engaged as teachers in a madrassa.

Several private madrasas in the state came under scanner after teachers employed in some madrassas were arrested by the Assam police this year for their alleged links with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).

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Assam police have arrested 47 persons, including several madrassa teachers for their alleged links with terrorist organizations and busted six AQIS/ABT modules in the state.