Madrasa Teacher Held for Beating Student, Injuring His Eye

Key Points:

A madrasa teacher in Lahore has been arrested for allegedly beating his young student with a stick
The boy came home on Oct 31 with his left eye seriously injured and said his teacher had threatened him into silence
Police have registered a case under Section 328A of the Pakistan Penal Code, which covers cruelty to a child

A madrasa teacher was arrested in the Harbanspura area of Lahore after he allegedly beat his young student with a stick and seriously injured the boy’s left eye.

According to the first information report registered at the Harbanspura police station, the boy studies at the Bait-ul-Ma’moor madrasa near Sahafi Colony Gate 2 and returned home on Oct 31 with his left eye badly injured.

The FIR says the child was too frightened to speak at first and told his father only by the evening that his teacher had struck his eye with a stick and threatened him not to tell anyone.

According to the father’s complaint, he took the injured boy to Services Hospital for a medical examination before approaching the police for legal action against the teacher.

FIR registered at Harbanspura police station in the madrasa student beating case — The FIR registered at Harbanspura police station. Names and personal details of the child and his family have been withheld.

Police registered the case under Section 328A of the Pakistan Penal Code, the provision dealing with cruelty to a child, which carries up to three years in prison, a fine of up to Rs 50,000, or both.

The case has been handed over to ASI Nabi Ahmad, in-charge of the investigation wing at the Harbanspura police station. A photograph provided by the police shows the accused teacher in custody at the police station.

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