Waqf Amendment Bill: Ever since the matter of Waqf Board Bill Amendment has come into the limelight, many controversial cases related to the Waqf Board are coming to the fore. After which the Waqf Board has come into the limelight. One such case has come to light from the famous Minara Mosque of Mumbai, the economic capital of Maharashtra. Where the Maharashtra Waqf Board has found the trustees of Minara Mosque guilty in its investigation. Apart from this, it has ordered to register a case against all of them.
All these people are accused of illegally occupying the trust. Apart from this, they are misusing and dealing in about 83 properties of Waqf. In fact, according to the order issued by the Waqf Board, these trustees of Minara Masjid have neither been appointed by the Charity Commissioner nor by the Waqf Board. Despite this, they are illegally dealing in property worth crores belonging to the Masjid Trust. Only the Waqf Board has authority over it.
Section 52 of the Wakf Act 1995 was violated
In this case, CEO of Waqf Board Junaid Syed has said in his order that Section 52 of the Waqf Act 1995 has been violated in this case. In such a situation, a case should be registered against Abdul Wahab Latif, Afzal Latif, Asif Memon and Suleman Usman for violating Section 52-A of the Waqf Act, 1995.
Waqf Board’s property worth crores sold as trustee
CEO Junaid Syed further said that he was not appointed as a trustee by the Waqf nor was he appointed as the trustee of the mosque by the Charity Commissioner. Despite that, he has done a deal of property related to the Minara Masjid Trust. In which a scam of crores of rupees has taken place.
Know What is Waqf Board?
Waqf is an Arabic word, which means an object dedicated in the name of God or money given for public welfare. Both movable and immovable properties come under its purview. Any Muslim person can donate money, land, house or any other valuable thing to Waqf. There are Waqf bodies from local to national level for the maintenance and care of these properties.
According to experts, the property donated to the Waqf Board is used for purposes such as helping the poor and needy, arranging for their education, building mosques, repairing or maintaining them. According to the Waqf Assets Management System of India, there are a total of 30 Waqf Boards in the country. Most of these have their headquarters in Delhi.