CBI probeThe Maulana Kalbe Jawad, who heads the Anjuman-e-Haidari, said: “The current government in Uttar Pradesh has recommended a CBI probe into some scams in the working of the Shia Waqf Board, and we feel [Board chairman] Waseem Rizvi’s affidavit is related to it.” The State government has recommended a probe into allegations of misappropriation on a report from a member of the Central Waqf Board council. “As for the Maulana Kalbe Sadiq’s speech, it is his personal opinion, perhaps aimed at some influence he may want to exert on the government,” he said. A court in Fizabad in 1946 ruled in favour of the Sunni Waqf Board in the claim to the land and the Shia Board had not appealed against the verdict. “Even as the Shia Waqf Board chairman, you are only the caretaker of the property; you cannot give it away. A Masjid belongs to Allah, it is no one’s personal property,” the Maulana Kalbe Jawad said.

Source: The Hindu August 14, 2017 16:42 UTC