MANSEHRA: Mansehra police claimed to have apprehended four suspects in connection with alleged sexual abuse of a 10-year-old boy by a cleric in Mansehra.
According to police sources, four suspects were arrested during a raid in a house. Police further said that the arrested suspects are relatives of the affected child, the police said, adding among them is the brother of main accused Shamsuddin who the police said has been on still at large the police conducting raids in different localities for accused arrest.
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has already taken notice of the awful incident.
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The affected child was hospitalised after being subjected to vicious sexual assault by his seminary teacher Shamsuddin in the neighborhood of Phulra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Referring to the incident Deputy Inspector General of Mansehra police said the seminary being run by the absconder cleric, adding that it has been potted. The Madrassah, which was unregistered and being illicitly run, housed 120 seminary students.
