Hyderabad, April 28 -- Over 20 mosques and madrasas along the India-Nepal border have been reported demolished by the Uttar Pradesh government.

The demolition was carried out under Section 67 of the Revenue Code. "Encroachments from border districts including Bahraich, Shravasti, Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Balrampur, and Lakhimpur Kheri," read a press statement from the government issued on Sunday, April 27.

The district administrations have dismissed the razing of religious structures or educational institutions. "No such structures or buildings were found among the encroachment," an official claimed.

A report by Maktoob Media states otherwise. Seventeen "unrecognised" madrasas were razed down in Shravasti district while 10 in Bhing...