Shia Central Waqf Board, Kalbe Jawad trade charges HT Correspondent Lucknow January 20 Even as the Shia Central Waqf Board (SCWB) on Tuesday accused prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad of allegedly misusing waqf properties under his control, the cleric demanded a through probe against Waqf and urban development minister Mohd Azam Khan and the board. The board in a statement said the movement launched by the cleric for the safety of these properties was in fact aimed at serving his vested interests. The board said that the clerics allegedly misused properties of Ghuframaab, Sibtainabad, Sajjadia Imambara, Imambara Zainul Abedin, and Waqf Rani Saltanat. However sharply reacting to accusation the cleric said that the state government should order CBI probe into large-scale irregularities into Shia Waqf Board. Asking government to order CBI probe against him also Kalbe Jawad said that similar investigation should also be done against Azam Khan. He said there had been massive bungling into distribution of Rs 300 crore funds for the construction of walls of registered graveyards (both Shia and Sunni) during the last two years in the state. After the installation of Samajwadi Party government in March 2012, the government had approved Rs 200 crore for walls’construction. Later additional grant of Rs 100 crore was given next year. Wanting to know where the money had gone, Jawad alleged there had been bungling in other projects in the urban development. He said CBI probe should be conducted against Khan. Kalbe Jawad, who has proximity with the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, said that cases were pending against Waqf Board also. In fact there is now no-holds barred battle between board chairman Syed Wasim Rizvi, a close confident of Azam Khan, and Kalbe Jawad. Rizvi after being re-installed as chairman last moth had ordered probe into waqf properties under Jawad’s control in Lucknow. The cleric had also been removed from post of caretaker (Mutawalli) of three waqf properties in the city and investigation was ordered. In a statement on Tuesday the board enumerated how cleric and his supporters had allegedly bungled these properties. The administrative officer Syed Ghulam Saiyadain pointed out several irregularities in well-know Ghuframaab under control of Kalbe Jawad. The officer said that Waqf residential plots in Sajjadia Alam Nagar were illegal sold off to undeserving people. The cleric however refuting the allegations said it was politically motivated because of opposition to Azam Khan.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:49:16 +0000
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