Lucknow: In a startling incident, district authorities on Wednesday rescued 40 minor girls who were found locked inside a toilet on the terrace of an unregistered madrasa in Pahalwara village, under the Payagpur tehsil of Bahraich district. The madrasa, identified as Jamia Ghazia Gulshan-e-Ghausulwara, had been operating illegally for nearly three years in a three-storey building at Patihar Chauraha. Acting on repeated public complaints about the institution’s functioning, a team led by Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ashwini Kumar Pandey of Payagpur conducted an inspection, according to reports.

“When we reached the building for inspection, the madrasa operators resisted our entry to the upper floors,” Pandey told PTI, adding, “With police assistance, we proceeded upstairs and found a l

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