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OpIndia Impact: Thermal cameras to be installed on the Indo-Nepal border, operators of Madarsas in border villages missing, pujari’s killer held after 2 years

A man named Mohammad Qasim was arrested for shooting and killing 68-year-old priest Siyaram Shah of Hanuman temple in August 2020 in Nepal's Rauthat district

The OpIndia team visited the Indo-Nepal border from August 20 to August 27, 2022, to learn about the ground realities of the demographic change amid the growing Muslim population and media reports of Islamic places of worship along the border. During this time, we obtained information about the Indian districts of Shravasti, Balrampur, Maharajganj, and Siddharthnagar, as well as the Dong and Kapilvastu districts in Nepal. From September 3rd, 2022, we began posting all of the information we had gathered one by one.

This series has 21 reports published as of Saturday (September 24, 2022). The reporting has also had a significant impact on the government and administration, as witnessed not just in India but also in Nepal.

Madarsas on the Shravasti border locked

On September 6, 2022, OpIndia published a report on the increasing number of Islamic worship places in the Shravasti district. We included information regarding mazars and dargahs in common spaces in the Shravasti district in this report. During our ground reporting, we visited the Nepal border areas and obtained statements from the Khadims of these dargahs.

Our ground report has now had a significant impact. According to a report published in ‘ABP News’ on September 23, 2022, when administrative authorities from the Shravasti district went to examine the madarsas near the Nepal border, the operators of several of these madarsas were reportedly missing and these madarsas were locked up.

Thermal cameras to be installed on the Nepal border

OpIndia published a report on smuggling from one country to another on the Indo-Nepal border on September 5, 2022. In this, we mentioned certain incidents in the districts of Bahraich, Balrampur, and Siddharthnagar in which the actions of Nepalese criminals and smugglers within Nepal and within India were described with proof. Then we went over a number of events, chronologically, in which criminals or smugglers belonged to a specific group.

Aside from that, on September 21, 2022, OpIndia released a report on DSP Sunil Dutt Dubey’s remarks from the Nichlaul border in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. He highlighted the importance of installing CCTV cameras along the Indo-Nepal border. He felt it would help strengthen the border monitoring system.

On the same day, Amar Ujala reported that the Superintendent of Police of the Bahraich district, Keshav Chaudhary, had announced the installation of thermal sensor cameras along the Indo-Nepal border. Afterward, he declared that the task of placing wires etc for this project will begin shortly. According to the report, this decision was taken by the Government of India.

DM and SP on border visit

In all of its reports on the Indo-Nepal border, OpIndia has expressly emphasised the Balrampur district. These accounts describe the takeover of territories not just on the Jarwa border, but also on routes going to other border districts and up to the city’s temples.

Following the publication of the 21 segments of our report, the District Magistrate and SP of Balrampur district jointly visited the border regions. Balrampur Police has released the specifics of this visit on their official Facebook page, and it is reported that the inspection was undertaken for security reasons.

Murderer of temple priest arrested

In its findings published earlier this month, OpIndia highlighted the growing Muslim population in Nepal, as well as the increase in Islamic worship places and religious radicalism in the area. Then we discussed how incidents of ‘love jihad‘ and ‘land jihad’ are on the rise in Nepal. OpIndia’s team also visited the districts of Dong and Kapilvastu to understand the ground situation there.

According to news released in Nepali media agency ‘Rashtra Sandesh’ on September 12, 2022, a man named Mohammad Qasim was arrested for shooting and killing 68-year-old priest Siyaram Shah of Hanuman temple in August 2020 in Nepal’s Rauthat district. The police launched an intense campaign two years after the murder. Narullahalai, the Dewahi Gonahi municipality’s then-ward president, was the main conspirator in this murder.

The first report in this series can be read here in Hindi: कभी था हिंदू बहुल गाँव, अब स्वस्तिक चिह्न वाले घर पर 786 का निशान: भारत के उस पार भी डेमोग्राफी चेंज, नेपाल में घुसते ही मस्जिद, मदरसा और इस्लाम – OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Demographic change hits other side of the border too, Mosques and Madarasas mushroom in former Hindu dominated areas in Nepal: Ground report

The second report in this series can be read here in Hindi:  घरों पर चाँद-तारे वाले हरे झंडे, मस्जिद-मदरसे, कारोबार में भी दखल: मुस्लिम आबादी बढ़ने के साथ ही नेपाल में कपिलवस्तु के ‘कृष्णा नगर’ पर गाढ़ा हुआ इस्लामी रंग – OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Islamic flags flying atop houses and mosques, madarsas influencing businesses: The creeping Islamisation of Nepal’s Krishnanagar

The third report in this series can be read here in Hindi:  नेपाल में लव जिहाद: बढ़ती मुस्लिम आबादी और नेपाली लड़कियों से निकाह के खेल में ‘दिल्ली कनेक्शन’, तस्कर-गिरोह भारतीय सीमा पर खतरा – OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Rising cases of love jihad in Nepal and its Delhi connection, smuggling plaguing India’s border with Nepal: Ground report

The fourth report in this series can be read here in Hindi: बौद्ध आस्था के केंद्र हों या तालाब… हर जगह मजार: श्रावस्ती में घरों की छत पर लहरा रहे इस्लामी झंडे, OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Steady rise in mazars and madarsas adjoining Buddhist places of worship in UP’s Shravasti near Indo-Nepal border: Ground report

The fifth report in this series can be read here in Hindi: महाराणा प्रताप के साथ लड़ी थारू जनजाति बहुल गाँव में 3 मस्जिद, 1 मदरसा: भारत-नेपाल सीमा पर बढ़ती मुस्लिम आबादी का ये है ‘पैटर्न’ – OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Rising number of mosques, madarsa along Indo-Nepal border: Ground report on Islamisation of village of Tharu tribe that fought along Maharana Pratap

The sixth report in this series can be read here in Hindi: बौद्ध-जैन मंदिरों के बीच दरगाह बनाई, जिस मजार को पुलिस ने किया ध्वस्त… वो फिर चकमकाई: नेपाल सीमा पर बढ़ती मुस्लिम आबादी – OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Dargah and mazar built around Buddhist and Jain temple premises, illegal mazar once demolished surfaces again: UP’s Shravasti near Nepal border

The seventh report in this series can be read here in Hindi: हनुमान गढ़ी की जमीन पर कब्जा, झारखंडी मंदिर सरोवर में ताजिया: नेपाल सीमा पर बढ़ती मुस्लिम आबादी, असर UP के बलरामपुर में – OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Muslim encroachment of temple land, Karbala built in temple compound, and more: Ground report on Islamisation underway along the UP-Nepal border

The eight report in this series can he read here in Hindi: पुरातत्व विभाग से संरक्षित जो जगह, वहाँ वक्फ की दरगाह-मजार: नेपाल सीमा पर बढ़ती मुस्लिम आबादी, मुसीबत में बौद्ध धर्मस्थल – OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Mazars built at places protected by Archaeological Department along India-Nepal border, Buddhist shrines in trouble- OpIndia Ground Report

The ninth report in this series can he read here in Hindi: 2 मीनारों वाली मस्जिदें लोकल, 1 मीनार वाली अरबी पैसे से… लगभग हर गाँव में मदरसे: नेपाल बॉर्डर के मौलाना ने बताया इसमें कमीशन का खेल – OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read in English here: Mosque with two minarets funded locally, another one funded by Saudi Arabia, Maulana at Nepal border speaks about construction mafia, foreign fundings and more

The tenth report in this series can he read here in Hindi: SSB बेस कैंप हो या सड़क, गाँव हो या खेत-सुनसान… हर जगह मस्जिद-मदरसे-मजार: UP के बलरामपुर से नेपाल के जरवा बॉर्डर तक OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read in English here: From SSB base camp to deserted fields, Madarsas and Mazars cropping up everywhere between UP’s Balrampur and Jarwa border in Nepal: Ground Report

The eleventh report in this series can be read here in Hindi: हिंदू बच्चों का खतना, मंदिर में शादी के बाद लव जिहाद और आबादी असंतुलन के साथ बढ़ते पॉक्सो मामले: नेपाल बॉर्डर पर बलरामपुर जिले में OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Circumcision of Hindu children, love jihad, increased POCSO cases and more: Ground report from UP’s Balrampur district along Indo-Nepal border

The twelfth report in this series can be read here in Hindi: गाँवों में अरबी-उर्दू लिखे हुए नल, UAE के नाम की मुहर: ज्यादा दाम देकर जमीनें खरीद रहे नेपाली मुस्लिम – OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Muslims buying Hindu land at higher price, building ‘Saudi-style’ mosques, installations with details inscribed in Urdu and Arabic- Ground report from UP-Nepal border areas

The thirteenth report in this series can be read here in Hindi: नए बने ओवरब्रिज के नीचे मज़ार-कर्बला, सड़क किनारे मस्जिद-मदरसे-दरगाह: नेपाल के बढ़नी बॉर्डर हाइवे पर ‘हरा रंग’ हावी – OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Mazar-Karbala emerge under newly constructed overbridges, ‘green’ colour pervasive throughout Barhni highway along Indo-Nepal border: Ground report

The fourteenth report in this series can be read here in Hindi: ‘4 और 14 वाली नीति से एकतरफा बढ़ रही आबादी… उस गाँव में मस्जिद बनाने की कोशिश, जहाँ नहीं एक भी मुस्लिम’ : UP-नेपाल बॉर्डर से OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Saudi-returned Muslims of the new generation do not want to live in harmony with Hindus’: Ground report from Indo-Nepal border

The fifteenth report in this series can be read here in Hindi: फ़ारसी में ‘गरीब नवाज स्कूल’ का बोर्ड, उस पर बने चाँद-तारे… घरों-दुकानों में लहरा रहे इस्लामी झंडे, सड़क से सटी हुई मजारें: UP-नेपाल बॉर्डर से OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Signboards on Mazar in Persian, Islamic flags and symbols on almost every house, shop, and commercial establishment: Ground report from UP-Nepal border

The sixteenth report in this series can be read here: ’10 km में 20 गाँव मुस्लिम बहुल, हिन्दू दब कर मनाते हैं अपने त्योहार’: नेपाल सीमा के ग्राम प्रधान ने बताया – गरीब दिखने वाले मुस्लिमों के पास भी बहुत पैसे: UP-नेपाल बॉर्डर से OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: ‘Celebration of Hindu festivals a challenge, Muslims acquire all lands on highways’: Ground report from Indo-Nepal border

The seventeenth report in this series can be read here: 150 मदरसे, 200 मस्जिदें… नेपाल सीमा से 15 km के दायरे का हाल, जानिए बॉर्डर के उन गाँवों की स्थिति जो बन गए हैं मुस्लिम बहुल: UP-नेपाल बॉर्डर से OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Over 150 madarsas and 200 mosques mushroom within a 15-kilometre radius, rapid demographical shift in villages along UP-Nepal border: Ground report

The eighteenth report in the series can be read here: ‘संयुक्त अरब अमीरात एसोसिएशन’ के नल से UP-नेपाल बॉर्डर पर पानी, सिद्धार्थनगर का मुस्लिम बहुल बाजार डुमरियागंज है सप्लायर: OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Water supply from ‘UAE Association’ tap, hundreds of mosques, madrasas and shops selling burqa in villages of Siddharthnagar: Ground Report

The nineteenth report in the series can be read here: ‘नेपाल से अपराधी को पकड़ कर लाना Pak से लाने के बराबर’: सीमा पर तैनात रहे DSP ने बताया – नेपाल पुलिस नहीं दिखाती हमारे जैसी सक्रियता – OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: ‘Extraditing a criminal from Nepal as difficult as bringing one back from Pakistan’, police officer posed at Nepal border says: Ground report

The 20th report in the series can be read here: रामजन्मभूमि ट्रस्ट के अध्यक्ष का मंदिर लैंड जिहाद का शिकार: बॉर्डर UP-नेपाल का… लेकिन जमीन कब्जा के लिए फिलिस्तीनी मॉडल – OpIndia Ground Report

The same can be read here in English: Temple of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust’s President also falls prey to ‘land jihad’, Muslims along Nepal border using Palestinian land grab model: Ground report

The 21st report in the series can be read here: ‘मस्जिद-मदरसे-मजार हैं ठिकाने, बाहरी लोगों से भरे पड़े’ : भारत-नेपाल बॉर्डर के 5 Km दोनों तरफ साजिश की पट्टी – OpIndia Ground Report

The same report can be read here in English: Hawala, Love Jihad, and human trafficking rampant in Muslim-dominated areas along the Indo-Nepal border: Ground report

Ayodhra Ram Mandir special coverage by OpIndia

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