Malappuram Arabic college teacher rapes minor student, absconds

A minor college student was allegedly sexually assaulted and raped by an Arabic college teacher in Kalpakancherry in Malappuram district.

Salahuddin, a native of Varanasi, Kalpakancherry works as a teacher at the Arabic college in the area. He had raped a 17 year old student studying at the college.

He had threatened the girl to not disclose about the incident to anyone. However, her parents found her to be upset when they were planning to get her married. The girl then disclosed about the incident to her parents who then alerted the child line workers.

Upon finding the incident to be true, the child line registered a complaint with the Kalpakancherry police station. Salahuddin has been charged under relevant sections of the POCSO Act.

It has been reported that Salahuddin is a serial offender and had sexually assaulted many girls prior to this.

The police have launched a hunt for Salahuddin who is currently absconding.