Molestation: Prayer leader accused of child rape

Neighbors beat up the cleric and handed him over to the police.

BAHALWALPUR: A cleric was arrested on Thursday on charge of raping a child. Police said the prayer leader at a mosque in Trust Colony took the 13-year-old to his quarters at the mosque for a massage and raped him. They said neighbours broke into the room on hearing child’s screams. They beat up the cleric and handed him over to the police.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 16^th, 2013.