An official of the Yakatoot cop shoppe told this correspondent on Saturday that the teacher identified as Qari Mohammad Zaman of
Orakzai Agency... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
was jugged on the complaint of one Shahbaz Khan, father of the child, and an FIR had been registered against him under Section 377/12 of Pakistain Penal Code.
"On his return from the seminary to home my son was crying in pain. He could not fully express his feelings, but disclosed that the teacher had subjected him to sexual assault," the official quoted the complainant as saying.
The official said that the accused had been taken to a hospital for obtaining his medico-legal report and he would probably be produced in a special court on Sunday (today) to get his custody for further investigations.
Initially, the official claimed, the accused had confessed to his crime and said that he had married a year ago and presently residing at the seminary at Kakshal in Qureshabad locality of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar.
The medico-legal report, he said, could be obtained till Monday. Mr Shahbaz said that he works as carpenter and wanted his child to learn Koran, but he did not know that the Qari (teacher) would hurt his confidence.
"As the child was screaming in pain I took him to a local doctor, who also confirmed that he had been sexually abused," he said and demanded exemplary punishment to the accused.
The police official confided to this correspondent that two other people sitting with the teacher at the seminary had also been jugged, but they were later released.
The official said that caretaker of the seminary had avoided contacting police, however a few friends of the accused visited and cursed him in the lockup.
The local people, he said, had also demanded harsh punishment to the accused.