KOHAT: The police on Saturday arrested a principal of a private school for hiding a case of molestation of a minor boy.

The Saddar police said that an eight-year-old student of a private school at Hayat Shaheed Colony was allegedly molested by a tenth class student of the same school. They said that the victim complained to the principal, Sarfraz, and a female teacher about the incident, but instead of taking action they told him to keep his mouth shut.

The police said that when condition of the victim deteriorated he was taken to the Women and Children Hospital by the staff.

However, the boy told his father about the incident who took him to the Saddar police station and after medical checkup a case was registered against the accused student, and the principal and female teacher for covering up the issue.

The police have arrested the principal of the school.

FESTIVAL: Special assistant to the chief minister on technical education, Arshad Khan, said on Saturday that the provincial government had constituted an independent department for the minority affairs.

Speaking as chief guest at the festival of Lorhi-2016 at Bridage Mandar, Kohat, on the occasion of Pandat Faqeer Chand Khokhar memorial award here, Mr Arshad announced funds for all festivals of minorities which had been approved by the department concerned.

He said that minorities were an important part of the national fabric and it was their right to have their due share in the development fund. The programme was attended by ex-MPA Pervez KG, Akhtar Muneer, Nazeer Chand, Ashok Khokhar and QWP district president Mehmoodul Islam.

Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2016