SAHIWAL: An 11-year-old student was allegedly raped by his Quran teacher in the mosque at Chak 11/7-L, Lohariyainwala, on Thursday.

The child told police he was returning from the fields on his bicycle when his Quran teacher stopped him near the Masjid Gosia, known as Choti Masjid. The teacher asked the boy to help him in cleaning the mosque for prayer. In the mosque, the teacher grabbed the child and raped him in the hujra, which was a part of the mosque.

The boy’s father was returning home when he saw his son’s bicycle near the mosque gate and heard his screams inside. He tried to enter the mosque but the gate was locked. He scaled the mosque’s boundary wall from the backside and saw his son being raped by the teacher. On seeing the boy’s father, the teacher ran away.

Harappa Assistant Sub-Inspector Tariq Arain informed Dawn a sexual assault case had been registered against the seminary teacher on the complaint of the victim’s father.

ENCOUNTER: A man was killed by Farid Town police in an alleged encounter near Chak 138/9-L on Thursday.

Farid Town SHO Waqas Ahmed said the police received a call on emergency 15 that two armed suspects were robbing citizens on motorcycles. Police rushed to the site and on seeing the police van, both the suspects ran away.

Led by Ghala Mandi SHO Mudassir Ghaffar, the police followed them. The suspects left their motorcycle along the road near Chak 138/9-L and entered the fields.

They opened fire on the police, which was retaliated. After the firing stopped, police found the body of a suspect.

Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2022