Madrassa teacher accused of raping a minor student

Rajkot: A maulana (teacher) at a madrassa in Dhoro village of Nakhatrana taluka in Kutch district was booked on Tuesday night on charges of raping a 19-year-old woman allegedly four times when she was a minor, between 2015 and 2019.
The woman, who got married in December 2019, filed the complaint with Nara police station on Tuesday night after her husband encouraged her to report to cops about her childhood ordeal and punish the accused.
According to police, the accused, Shamsuddin Hafi Suleman Jat (40), had first raped the survivor in 2015 when she was 14-years-old.
“Jat had asked the survivor to wash his clothes. While the survivor was washing clothes, Jat allegedly raped her in the bathroom. At that time, Jat threatened to defame and kill her, if she complained about the incident to anyone,” said an official from Nara police station.
After that Jat allegedly raped the survivor five months later and then twice more, with the last assault being in 2019.
According to the police, the survivor does not remember the exact dates of the crime. However, she remembers the years in which the crimes were committed.
“Jat has been booked for rape, criminal intimidation and under various section of POCSO Act,” said the cop. Meanwhile, police have sent a team of officials to Dhoro village to nab the accused.