Lucknow : At least 52 girls were rescued after a joint team conducted raids at a Madrasa in Shahadatganj in Lucknow. The manager of the Madrasa was arrested after all the girls accused him of sexually assaulting and beating them in a written complaint.
The girls said that they were forced to dance on vulgar songs in the Madrasa. An FIR has been registered against the manager and the police are investigating if the Madrasa was registered or not.
Reports say the cleric Mohammad Tayyab used to inappropriately touch the girls, at times assaulted and forced them to perform vulgar dance. A group of girls reported the matter to their families following which the cleric was taken into custody with the help of local police and Department of Women and Child Welfare. An FIR has been registered in Sahadatganj police station.
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“We got a complaint that few students are allegedly hostage in the Madrasa. There were different complaitsn as well by the students. We took the issue seriously and with the joint team we came here to raid. After the investigation we found that the complaints were right.
So we had lodged FIR. The main accused is under arrest,” a police official said.
