KARACHI – A cleric was arrested in Karachi on Sunday over allegations ofraping his 14-year-old student, said Senior Superintendent Police (SSP)East Dr Samiullah Soomro.
A student of Madressahtul Uloom on Sunday informed Gulistan-i-Jauhar policethat his teacher had sexually abused him on Friday night inside themadressah, following which a first information report (FIR) was registeredunder Section 377 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), Dr Soomro said.
Section 377 relates to “unnatural offences” defining them as “voluntarily[having] carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, womanor animal.”
The accused was arrested within seven hours of the report being filed, SSPEast said, adding that the medical test of the boy showed he had been raped.
The SSP has announced a Rs10,000 cash award for Sharea Faisal AssistantSuperintendent Police (ASP) Hamza Amanullah and his team.
The latest incident comes in the wake of widespread outrage anddemonstrations across the country protesting against the rape and murder ofZainab in Kasur, whose body was recovered from a trash heap in the cityearlier this week.