Haripur Police arrested a MADRESSAH teacher on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing a five -year -old boy visually talked in the Haripur area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said.
A first information report (FIR): available with Dawn.com – It was presented by the victim’s uncle at the Saddar Police Station on July 10 under section 376 of the Pakistan Criminal Code (rape) and Section 53 (sexual abuse) of the KP Infant Protection Law (CPA).
The plaintiff alleged in the FIR that the child, after feeling pain, told his mother about the incident and said that the teacher in his room sexually abused him in his room in the mosque.
“The child has visual disabilities and only five years,” said the plaintiff at the FIR, demanding legal actions against the suspect.
According to a statement issued by the police officer of the Haripur district, Farhan, after the incident, actively hired the team at the Saddar Police Station, who successfully arrested the suspect.
“Under the supervision of the DSP (Deputy Police Superintendent) Saddar Muhammad Arif, Shohtar Hussain’s inspector, along with the investigation team and other police personnel, arrested the [suspect]”Read in the statement.
The DPO statement added that the investigation is ongoing.
Up to 3,364 cases of child abuse of the four provinces, the territory of the capital of Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan in 2024, according to a civil society report, were informed.
The report Cruel numbers 2024 By Sahil it was prepared based on data collected from 81 national and regional newspapers throughout the country.
“The objective of the report is to present the data on the situation regarding violence against children (up to 18 years) in cases of sexual abuse, kidnapping/kidnapping, missing children and children’s marriages,” the report said.
