GUJRAT: Police arrested the seminary teacher on charges of subjecting his students to physical torture in village Khair Ghansaar of the Kakrali police precincts.

Action was taken on the orders of DPO Faisal Shahzad who took notice of a viral video on social media that showed the teacher torturing his students.

In the first information report, Kakrali police Sub-Inspector Zaheer Abbas said Qari Abubakar, a teacher at the Jamia Usmania, would often subject his students to a brutal physical torture. He gave reference to the viral video as evidence.

A spokesman for Gujrat police said the suspect had been arrested after registration of case.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2026