New Delhi, March 7 -- The chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Priyank Kanoongo has said that the commission has given a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government to take action against the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband based in Saharanpur district for allegedly 'glorifying Gazwa-e-Hind through a fatwa'.

Speaking to ANI, the NCPCR Chairperson said that the NCPCR has summoned Collector and SP Saharanpur to Delhi and asked for a report and clarification.

"In Saharanpur, at the place called Deoband, there is a Madrasa called Darul Uloom. It controls the Madrasa education system in South Asia. They glorified Gazwa-e-Hind through a fatwa. We gave a notice to the UP government to take action again...