Accepting the corruption taken place in Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards, Minister for Minority Welfare and Waqf Azam Khan wrote a letter to the Chief Minister asking to conduct CBI probe into it.
“A couple of days after Samajwadi Party came into power, I informed you about illegal sales of the Waqf properties coming under Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards. It was sold by the people so-called religious people. The sales of waqf properties is not allowed in Central, State and Islamic laws,” said Khan in the letter to the CM on Saturday.
Minister claimed that after razing the mosques plotting was done of the land, land of graveyard was sold and even same happened with other waqf properties too. “Even at that time I recommended for CBI inquiry but due to some reasons orders were not issued. But to show the transparency of state government and to unmask the culprits it is required again. I request to CM to recommended CBI probe in it,” he said in the letter.
Reacting on it, Shia Cleric and Imam-e-Juma, Maulana Kalbe Jawwad said it was us who were demanding CBI probe since beginning but the State Government handed-over the probe to CB-CID. I have written several letters to the Government regarding. Even I say CBI probe should be conducted.
He alleged that sometime back an order was passed by the UP Government to construct boundary walls of Waqf graveyards for which more than `350 crore was sanctioned. But still now not even a single boundary wall has been completed so far. Even the State Government should include this scheme too in CBI probe as there are chances of corruption taken place in it.
Meanwhile, a meeting of Clerics was organised at the residence of Maulana Kalbe Jawwad which was attended by more than 150 clerics from different districts.