Seminary teacher arrested for minor boy’s rape in madressah in Jhang

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Correspondent, O. (2026, September 13). Seminary teacher arrested for minor boy’s rape in madressah in Jhang. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2029480/seminary-teacher-arrested-for-minor-boys-rape-in-madressah-in-jhang

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Kot Shakir police arrested a seminary teacher from Jhang on Saturday for raping a 12-year-old Quran student at Madressah Hameedul Islam. The incident occurred when the suspect overpowered and raped the minor in an upper storey room of the madressah on Friday night; medical examination confirmed the rape.
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On Saturday, Kot Shakir police in Athara Hazari tehsil of Jhang arrested a seminary teacher who was accused of raping a 12-year-old student at Madressah Hameedul Islam. The victim's father filed an FIR and doctors confirmed the rape through a medical examination.

Additionally, Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) in Jhang arrested a patwari named Malik Mujahid Iqbal for taking bribes amounting to Rs4.2 million from Dr Sajjad Ali Akbar for land transfer. After receiving Rs3m, the patwari was caught by an ACE team led by Deputy Director Muhammad Sarfraz Warraich and a judicial magistrate.

In another case in Faisalabad, a Wasa inspector named Asad Ali was arrested for taking bribes.

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ACE Faisalabad Jhang TOBA TEK SINGH Wasa

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ACE ORG · 4× Faisalabad GPE · 2× Jhang GPE · 2× Wasa ORG · 2× Athara Hazari GPE · 1× Chanda GPE · 1× Kot Langar GPE · 1× Kot Shakir GPE · 1× Madressah Hameedul Islam GPE · 1× TOBA TEK SINGH PERSON · 1×

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When the complainant paid Rs3m to the patwari, an ACE team, led by Deputy Director Muhammad Sarfraz Warraich, conducted a raid along with a judicial magistrate and caught him red-handed.
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Kot Shakir police in Athara Hazari tehsil of Jhang arrested on Saturday a seminary teacher for raping a minor Quran student. asserted
police → arrest → student
The complainant, a resident of Kot Langar, said in his first information report (FIR) that his 12-year-old son was a resident student in Madressah Hameedul Islam at village Chanda. asserted
son → say → Chanda
On Friday night, his teacher overpowered him on the upper storey room of the seminary and raped him. asserted
teacher → overpower → him
Medical examination report from doctors of Athara Hazari Tehsil Headquarters Hospital confirmed rape. asserted
report → confirm → rape
Police arrested the suspect. asserted
Police → arrest → suspect
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Jhang, arrested a patwari for taking a bribe. asserted
Establishment → arrest → bribe
Patwari Malik Mujahid Iqbal had allegedly demanded Rs4.2m from Dr Sajjad Ali Akbar for transfer of his nine kanal urban land. uncertain
Iqbal → demand → land
When the complainant paid Rs3m to the patwari, an ACE team, led by Deputy Director Muhammad Sarfraz Warraich, conducted a raid along with a judicial magistrate and caught him red-handed. asserted
team → pay → him
All marked currency notes were recovered from the suspect who was sent behind the bars. asserted
who → recover → bars
Meanwhile, a Wasa inspector in Faisalabad had also been arrested for taking a bribe. asserted
inspector → arrest → bribe
According to ACE officials, one Asad Ali had complained that to decrease his Wasa sewerage bill, Inspector Zahid Iqbal was demanding Rs20,000 bribe from him. uncertain
Iqbal → accord → him
When the complainant handed money over to the suspect, the ACE team, led by circle officer Rana Rashid Mahmood, caught him red-handed. asserted
team → hand → him
Magistrate Yasir Arafat recovered marked currency notes from the pocket of the suspect. asserted
Arafat → recover → suspect
A motorcyclist died and two others were injured critically after two bikes collided near Chak 275-JB in the Thikriwala police area of Faisalabad. asserted
bikes → die → Faisalabad
Reports said Ashir Munir (20) started running his bike on the road after getting petrol from a filling station when another speeding bike with two boys riding it hit his bike. asserted
boys → say → bike
As a result, all three of them were critically wounded. asserted
three → wound → them
Ashir died instantly while both other boys, Huzaifa (17) and Muawia (16), were injured. asserted
boys → die → ?
Both of them, real brothers, were shifted to the Allied Hospital for treatment. asserted
Both → shift → treatment
A young man drowned in River Ravi near Kot Islam Headworks in Kabirwala tehsil of Khanewal on Saturday. asserted
man → drown → Saturday
According to Rescue 1122, Muhammad Imran (26) was catching fish when he slipped into the water and drowned. uncertain
he → accord → water
Rescuers recovered his body. asserted
Rescuers → recover → body
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