<p>Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a special investigation team to investigate into 4,000 madrasas, mostly running along the border with Nepal, which are allegedly receiving funds from abroad, officials said on Monday.</p><p>An official said the SIT will examine if the money was used on any illegal activities, like terrorism or forcible religious conversion.</p>.<p>The three-member SIT led by Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Mohit Agarwal of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was formed on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a senior official said.</p>.Akhilesh slams UP govt for keeping Azam Khan, son in separate jails.<p>Cyber Cell Superintendent of Police Triveni Singh and Minority Welfare Department Director J Reebha are its other members.</p>.<p>Confirming the setting up of the SIT, ADG Aggarwal said there are about 24,000 madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, of which 16,000 are recognised and 8,000 unrecognised.</p>.<p>About 4,000 madrasas could come under the purview of the investigation and the process of serving notices to them will start this week, an official said.</p>.<p>In the last few years, several madrasas have come up in the areas bordering Nepal, according to officials.</p>.<p>Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Shravasti, Balrampur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit share their borders with Nepal.</p>.<p>An official said a complaint was earlier received that the funds received from abroad were allegedly used in anti-national activities.</p>.<p>A survey last year found that “most madrassas” in the border areas were receiving large sums of money, but were unable to give an accurate account of it, he said.</p>.<p>The SIT will serve notice to such madrasas and seek information about transactions into Exchange Earners' Foreign Currency (EEFC) Accounts, he said.</p>.<p>The SIT will then investigate the madrasas that get funds from abroad, questioning them on the source of the money and activities on which it was used, the official added.</p>
<p>Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a special investigation team to investigate into 4,000 madrasas, mostly running along the border with Nepal, which are allegedly receiving funds from abroad, officials said on Monday.</p><p>An official said the SIT will examine if the money was used on any illegal activities, like terrorism or forcible religious conversion.</p>.<p>The three-member SIT led by Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Mohit Agarwal of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was formed on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a senior official said.</p>.Akhilesh slams UP govt for keeping Azam Khan, son in separate jails.<p>Cyber Cell Superintendent of Police Triveni Singh and Minority Welfare Department Director J Reebha are its other members.</p>.<p>Confirming the setting up of the SIT, ADG Aggarwal said there are about 24,000 madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, of which 16,000 are recognised and 8,000 unrecognised.</p>.<p>About 4,000 madrasas could come under the purview of the investigation and the process of serving notices to them will start this week, an official said.</p>.<p>In the last few years, several madrasas have come up in the areas bordering Nepal, according to officials.</p>.<p>Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Shravasti, Balrampur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit share their borders with Nepal.</p>.<p>An official said a complaint was earlier received that the funds received from abroad were allegedly used in anti-national activities.</p>.<p>A survey last year found that “most madrassas” in the border areas were receiving large sums of money, but were unable to give an accurate account of it, he said.</p>.<p>The SIT will serve notice to such madrasas and seek information about transactions into Exchange Earners' Foreign Currency (EEFC) Accounts, he said.</p>.<p>The SIT will then investigate the madrasas that get funds from abroad, questioning them on the source of the money and activities on which it was used, the official added.</p>