Religious teacher booked for keeping minor boy chained in madrasa. Booked by Rajouri Police 

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, JULY 23:–Rajouri police have booked a religious teacher at a madrasa situated in the Plulian village for severely thrashing a minor boy (name withheld) and keeping him chained for two days in illegal confinement.
The religious teacher, namely Mohd Basharat has been booked under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement) IPC, and section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
A young boy (name withheld) s/o Abdul Qadir r/o of village Androot having chain on hand appeared before a bakery shop in old Rajouri town in the morning on Sunday.
On inquiry by the shopkeeper, the boy informed that he ran away from a madrasa at Plulian after he was severely beaten with stick by the religious teacher and was kept for two days in the madrasa after putting a chain on the hand (locked).
The boy also showed marks of injuries on his whole body. The shopkeeper offered him a cup of tea and assured him of protection and help.
The boy also informed that he doesn’t like to study at a madrasa and ran away twice in the past, but the parents insisted to study in the madrasa and handed him over to the religious teacher.
This time religious teacher puts a chain in his hand and also beats the boy brutally so that he doesn’t think of runaway once again.
Meanwhile, a video of the boy having chain on hand went viral on the social media platforms, and the Legal Advisor of the Child Protection Unit; Adv Shivangi Kant swung into action & informed the police to take immediate action in this matter.

A police team from the Rajouri City police post rushed to the market and brought the boy to the police post.
Acting promptly, the police booked the religious teacher (moulvi) under relevant sections of law in case FIR No. 344/2023 registered at Rajouri police station.
SHO Rajouri police station informed the reporters that moulvi has been booked under relevant sections of law & JJ ACT and a police team has been sent to arrest him
A police team was also rushed to arrest the religious teacher, but he is still untraced.
“The boy is now in safe hands after quick action by the Child Protection Unit & the police. Moulvi should be arrested immediately for thrashing and keeping the minor boy in illegal confinement after putting a chain in his hand” said Shivangi Kant.