Maulana accused of raping minor woman inside madarsa in Agra

By PTI

AGRA: A 12-year-old woman has accused a maulana of repeatedly raping her inside a madarsa the place she was taught by him, police on Thursday stated.

The maulana has been booked below sections 376 (rape) and 506 (prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, and 5f and 6 of the Protection of Children in opposition to Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, they stated.

Shakir, the maulana, is absconding together with his son, daughter, and grandfather, who too have been named within the FIR.

“A woman from a madarsa in Agra had visited my workplace alongside along with her mom and had complained in opposition to a maulana narrating the entire incident.

The woman stated that the maulana raped different women too who have been dwelling there,” Sudhir Kumar Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Agra, informed media.

“There are 20-25 girls residing in the madarsa. A case has been registered against the maulana as per the complaint of the girl and further investigation is on. Action will be taken accordingly,” Singh stated.

The FIR was filed at Malpura Police Station on May 31 by the woman’s mom who had complained that the maulana raped her daughter on May 20.

She had alleged that the maulana had raped her daughter a number of occasions in previous as effectively, and he and his household had threatened her daughter of dangerous penalties if she informed anybody about what he was doing to her.