Nine years after repeated sexual abuse, survivor opens up; Kannur madrasa teacher arrested
A madrasa teacher was arrested for allegedly abusing a student for three years, starting when she was eleven. The survivor, now twenty, reported the abuse.
A madrasa teacher was arrested for allegedly abusing a student for three years, starting when she was eleven. The survivor, now twenty, reported the abuse.
A madrasa teacher was arrested for allegedly abusing a student for three years, starting when she was eleven. The survivor, now twenty, reported the abuse.
Kannur: Chokli police on Wednesday arrested a madrasa teacher on charges of sexually abusing a student repeatedly for three years. The alleged abuse started nine years ago when the student was 11 years old.
The accused was identified as Muhammad Basheer, a native of Muthuvallur in Malappuram district.
The survivor, now 20 years old, recently approached the police and reported the abuse, said an inspector investigating the case.
According to the complaint, Basheer sexually abused the student repeatedly between the ages of 11 and 13, when she was studying in Classes VI to VIII. The teacher also threatened her repeatedly and warned her against disclosing the abuse, police said.
Based on her complaint, Chokli police booked Basheer for penetrative sexual assault and aggravated penetrative sexual assault under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the officer said.
Basheer was arrested and produced before the Thalassery POCSO Court, which remanded him in Kannur Central Jail for 14 days.