With no admission registers, birth certificates, or any record of the children’s origins, officials’ plea to register the home under the Juvenile Justice Act was met not with reform but an FIR against inspectors for “trespass” and “outraging religious feelings.” Subsequent probes have unearthed dozens of similar unregistered madrasa-orphanages across Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, together housing tens of thousands of children beyond any legal oversight. #sangamtalks