MUZAFFARGARH: Layyah police on Wednesday arrested a teacher who allegedly tortured and detained three girl students for coming late to the seminary.

The incident took place at Chak 234-TDA (Fatehpur) at Madressah Tahuffaz Al Quran where Qari Zahid and Aasia Bibi allegedly tortured three girls - Bakhtan Bibi, Sangla Bibi and Noor Bibi - when they reached late on Wednesday.

Qari Zahid and Asia Bibi allegedly detained them for hours and later thrashed them. Complainant Salamat Khan said he learnt that Qari Zahid first demanded Rs100 per student fine and on their inability to pay the amount he started torturing them and detained them in a room for hours as a result the girls fainted.

Police have registered a case under sections 328A, 342, 34 against Qari Zahid and Aasia Bibi and arrested him while the woman managed her escape.

Police said the suspects beat the minor girls for not learning lesson.

Published in Dawn, March 24th, 2022