Qari arrested for ‘raping’ minor girls

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TOBA TEK SINGH: Khanewal’s Kuhna police arrested on Monday a religious teacher who allegedly raped three minor girls of the same family.

A complainant from the railway station’s colony claimed in the FIR registered under sections 376(iii) and 377 B of the PPC that the girls, between 11 and 13, were learning the holy Quran from the accused belonging to Mujahidabad area.

She said the girls refused to go to the house of the accused teacher. When they were probed, they said the accused had raped them repeatedly and threatened to kill them if they spoke to anyone.

Kuhna SHO Muhammad Arsalan said the medical examination of the girls had been conducted by a lady doctor at the DHQ Hospital and their report was awaited.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2024

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