A Ulema of a madrasa named Mohammad Isran has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year boy in Sarai Rohilla PS area of North Delhi. The accused Md Isran was earlier absconding when the matter came to light in the morning on 15.12.2022 and was later arrested late in the evening by the police search teams.
Delhi | A 12-year-old boy was raped by an Ulema of a Madrasa in the Sarai Rohilla PS area. The accused Md Isran is absconding & teams of police are on his lookout: Sagar Singh Kalsi, DCP North Delhi
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2022
Police filed an FIR under POCSO Act & 377, 506 sections of IPC. The accused committed unnatural sex with the victim several times after sedating him: Sagar Singh Kalsi, DCP North Delhi
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2022
The Delhi Police reportedly filed an FIR under POCSO Act & Sections 377, 506 sections of IPC. According to Sagar Singh Kalsi, DCP North Delhi, the accused committed unnatural sex with the victim several times after sedating him.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) headed by Priyank Kanoongo visited the madrasa soon after the news of 12 year boy allegedly raped by a Ulema in Sarai Rohilla area North Delhi came to light and inspected the place to assess the condition of the children there. In an interview to the ANI he stated that the madrasa was unrecognised and lacked basic facilities like separate washrooms for children and teachers. He stated that the teachers from UP and Bihar stay at the same place as 24 children without separate washrooms.
“We went to the madrasa after hearing that a child had been raped there. The offence was committed by a madrasa teacher. It is an unrecognized madrasa. There were 24 kids from Bihar and UP kept with teachers. They weren’t given any separate facilities, such as bathrooms”, the Chief of NCPCR, Priyank Kanungo was quoted by ANI.
Delhi | On reports of a minor's rape in a madrasa, we visited the place. A teacher of the madrasa committed the offence. It's an unrecognized madrasa. 24 children from Bihar & UP kept there along with teachers. No separate facilities like bathroom provided to them: NCPCR Chairman pic.twitter.com/2BdYpQFqh9
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2022
Kanungo lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for not taking any action nor sending the child welfare committee to the madrasa. He also asked for the social enquiry report of the victim from the Delhi government.
“The Delhi government has neither sent a Child Welfare Committee nor taken any action. We sent the Child Welfare Committee specific instructions to visit this location as soon as possible and to rescue and rehabilitate children. The Delhi government was asked for the victim’s social inquiry report”, Kanungo said.
A 12-year-old boy was reportedly raped repeatedly by the accused Ulema after putting him to sleep by sedating him in a madrasa at North Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla area. A FIR was lodged after the parents of the boy lodged a complaint with the police. As per reports the 12-year-old boy was sedated and sodomised several times by the accused Ulema Mohammad Isran.
(This story was first published in Bharat Voice and has been republished here with permission.)
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