RAWALPINDI: A nine-year-old student allegedly died after being subjected to torture at a seminary in the Nallah Muslimana area of Kallar Syedan, while the seminary teacher reportedly fled the scene.
Police sources identified the deceased child as Muhammad Faizan, a resident of Bhakkar, who had been studying at the seminary in Nallah Muslimana.
According to the child’s father, Muhammad Yaqoob, the seminary teacher, Qari Sanaullah, had expressed a desire to take Faizan to Kallar Syedan to provide him with religious education under his supervision. The child was subsequently taken to the seminary.
Police sources said the child fell ill and was shifted to a district hospital in Rawalpindi. His family was informed about his condition and travelled from Bhakkar to the hospital, where they found that he had died.
The family later took the body to their native village. However, when they removed the child’s clothes for his bathing, they found marks of alleged torture on his body.
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The family immediately informed the police, following which the body was brought back to Kallar Syedan. Police took the body into custody and had a post-mortem examination conducted at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Kallar Syedan, before handing it over to the family.
Police sources said Qari Sanaullah fled after the incident. Further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the child’s death is under way.
