GUWAHATI: Assam government has drawn an SoP for Imams coming from other states or countries and the Islamic community of the state to follow amid back-to-back arrests of as many as three clerics in the current month, who are alleged to be members of Al Qaeda.
Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said, “We have made some SoP that if any Imam comes to a village in the state and the villagers do not know him, they should immediately inform the police. Only after the police verify the antecedents of these Imams, they will be allowed to stay. All the Imams coming from outside the state also have to register themselves in a government portal. These are not for Imams of the state.”
