Haldwani, April 16 -- Today was a national holiday on the occasion of BR Ambedkar Jayanti but the sealing operation against illegal madrasas in Uttarakhand continued today with firm resolve. In the sensitive locality of Banbhulpura, Haldwani, the Nainital district administration, in the presence of heavy security forces, sealed four more unregistered madrasas. With this, all 18 identified illegal madrasas in Haldwani stand sealed so far. Sources however claim that some more illegal madrasas still remain functional in Haldwani in general and in Banbhupura in particular.

SDM Vivek Rai stated that following the directives of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the district administration and police authorities jointly have taken action agai...