A man recovered his 14-year-old son on Tuesday night from a madrassa where his teacher had chained and tortured him for the last 15 days. The victim's father, Sardar Muhammad Sadiq, submitted an application with the South Cantt police station to register a case against the teacher. Around a month ago, Mr Sadiq admitted his son, Hasan, to a madrassa in Nishter Colony for learning the Quran. A couple of weeks ago, madrassa students were brought to a house in Gulberg to recite the Quran. After completing the recitation, Hasan went to his house, which was only a short distance away, for a brief visit and missed the ride back to the madrassa with the rest of students. Later, he went to the madrassa to explain his absence to his teacher Qari Ajmal who got infuriated. Qari Ajmal chained and severely tortured him, and then locked him in one of the madrassa rooms.
Mr Sadiq visited the madrassa on Tuesday to see his son, who he found chained and locked in a room. His body was badly bruised. Mr Sadiq took his son to the South Cantt police station to file a complaint and later went to Services Hospital with South Cantt police officials for Hasan's medical treatment and a medico-legal report. Dr Muhammad Ishfaq, the medical officer at Services Hospital, confirmed in his report that Hasan had been severely tortured. "We received the medical reports and have registered a case against Qari Ajmal," said Sub-inspector Muhammad Bashir, who is investigating the case. No arrest had been made till this report was made.
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