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Uttar Pradesh police have booked a British national for allegedly collecting foreign funds in the name of promoting Islamic education, officials said on Monday.

According to PTI, the FIR was lodged against Shamsul Huda Khan late Sunday evening on a written complaint from the District Minority Welfare Officer.

Kotwali police station in-charge Pankaj Pandey said he was booked under relevant provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, and sections 13 and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

OpIndia quoted an inquiry by the ATS that the accused had collected funds from foreign organisations and individuals and it was then channeled to Indian madrassas through various intermediaries, allegedly taking commissions. He had also established two NGOs,

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