Passersby in Yaseenganj locality in the old city area of the state capital were surprised when they found scores of paper chits landing near them on Friday night. It took them a little while to realise that the chits were being thrown from the windows of a madrasa (Islamic Seminary) across the road. DH file photo
Passersby in Yaseenganj locality in the old city area of the state capital were surprised when they found scores of paper chits landing near them on Friday night. It took them a little while to realise that the chits were being thrown from the windows of a madrasa (Islamic Seminary) across the road.
The contents of the chits shocked the readers. They narrated the plight of the girls living in the madrasa. The girls had alleged that they were held ''hostage'' there and were also ''molested'' by the manager of the institution.
A little later, the police rescued 51 girls from the madarsa.
According to the police, the rescued girls accused the madrasa manager Kari Tayyab Zia of ''molesting'' them. Tayyab has been arrested.
The scandal unfolded after some of the girls at the seminary threw the paper chits from the windows. A few passersby, who found the chits, informed the cops after which a raid was conducted and the girls were rescued.
The girls in their complaint lodged with the police alleged that they were regularly ''molested'' by the manager and were also forced to dance at his farmhouse on the outskirts of the city.
Obscene acts
'The manager would call us to his room at night and ask us to sit on his lap....he used to do obscene acts,'' the girls said in their complaint.
The madrasa, which was established around 15 years back, had as many as 125 girls on its rolls.
Most of the rescued girls were in the age group of six to 19, the police said, adding that a case under relevant sections of the IPC had been registered against the manager.
The manager was produced before the special CBI court here on Saturday, which remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days.