Police Verification, Online Registration for Non-Local Imams: Assam CM

The new rules follow arrests of clerics who have alleged links to Al Qaeda-affiliated terror outfits in Bangladesh.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, 22 August, said that all imams (religious teachers and clerics) at madrasas and mosques will be required to register themselves on a government portal if they come from outside the state. They will also be required to go through police verification.

The new rules follow a series of arrests of two such clerics who have alleged links to Al Qaeda-affiliated terror outfits in Bangladesh.