Properties sold, records deleted: Inside Rs 1,000-crore scam in UP Shia Waqf Board
The complainant has also questioned the functioning of separate Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards in Uttar Pradesh after 1995, alleging that the arrangement has led to misuse of government funds.
A complainant has submitted an affidavit to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging a Rs 1,000-crore scam involving the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board.
Jitendra Narayan Singh, formerly known as Syed Waseem Rizvi and a former Chairman of the Board, has alleged illegal sale of Waqf properties, deletion of assets from official records and irregularities in donations, and sought an SIT probe into the claims.
The complaint alleges that graves were sold for up to Rs 10 lakh and that some Hindu-owned properties were fraudulently recorded as Waqf properties, leading to the addition of around 2,500 Waqfs.
Singh has also alleged that valuable Waqf properties worth crores in Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj, Aligarh and Jhansi were sold through mutawallis, who manage Waqf properties.
The affidavit further claims that some Waqf properties were removed from official records in return for payments running into crores.
According to Singh, only a court has the authority to remove a Waqf from official records, but such deletions were allegedly carried out at the Board level.
The former Shia Waqf Board Chairman has also questioned the functioning of separate Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards in Uttar Pradesh after 1995, alleging that the arrangement has led to misuse of government funds.
The affidavit further alleges irregularities in donations collected at Hazrat Abbas Dargah in Lucknow, Mazar Shaheed-e-Salis in Agra and Jogipura Dargah in Bijnor.
Singh has claimed that some people associated with the Waqf Board, along with a prominent cleric, were involved in the alleged distribution of donation money.
He has sought an SIT investigation and strict action from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the allegations.
A complainant has submitted an affidavit to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging a Rs 1,000-crore scam involving the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board.
Jitendra Narayan Singh, formerly known as Syed Waseem Rizvi and a former Chairman of the Board, has alleged illegal sale of Waqf properties, deletion of assets from official records and irregularities in donations, and sought an SIT probe into the claims.
The complaint alleges that graves were sold for up to Rs 10 lakh and that some Hindu-owned properties were fraudulently recorded as Waqf properties, leading to the addition of around 2,500 Waqfs.
Singh has also alleged that valuable Waqf properties worth crores in Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj, Aligarh and Jhansi were sold through mutawallis, who manage Waqf properties.
The affidavit further claims that some Waqf properties were removed from official records in return for payments running into crores.
According to Singh, only a court has the authority to remove a Waqf from official records, but such deletions were allegedly carried out at the Board level.
The former Shia Waqf Board Chairman has also questioned the functioning of separate Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards in Uttar Pradesh after 1995, alleging that the arrangement has led to misuse of government funds.
The affidavit further alleges irregularities in donations collected at Hazrat Abbas Dargah in Lucknow, Mazar Shaheed-e-Salis in Agra and Jogipura Dargah in Bijnor.
Singh has claimed that some people associated with the Waqf Board, along with a prominent cleric, were involved in the alleged distribution of donation money.
He has sought an SIT investigation and strict action from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the allegations.
A complainant has submitted an affidavit to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging a Rs 1,000-crore scam involving the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board.
Jitendra Narayan Singh, formerly known as Syed Waseem Rizvi and a former Chairman of the Board, has alleged illegal sale of Waqf properties, deletion of assets from official records and irregularities in donations, and sought an SIT probe into the claims.
The complaint alleges that graves were sold for up to Rs 10 lakh and that some Hindu-owned properties were fraudulently recorded as Waqf properties, leading to the addition of around 2,500 Waqfs.
Singh has also alleged that valuable Waqf properties worth crores in Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj, Aligarh and Jhansi were sold through mutawallis, who manage Waqf properties.
The affidavit further claims that some Waqf properties were removed from official records in return for payments running into crores.
According to Singh, only a court has the authority to remove a Waqf from official records, but such deletions were allegedly carried out at the Board level.
The former Shia Waqf Board Chairman has also questioned the functioning of separate Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards in Uttar Pradesh after 1995, alleging that the arrangement has led to misuse of government funds.
The affidavit further alleges irregularities in donations collected at Hazrat Abbas Dargah in Lucknow, Mazar Shaheed-e-Salis in Agra and Jogipura Dargah in Bijnor.
Singh has claimed that some people associated with the Waqf Board, along with a prominent cleric, were involved in the alleged distribution of donation money.
He has sought an SIT investigation and strict action from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the allegations.
