Ghaziabad, January 30: A 13-year-old boy who studied and lived in a madarsa in Loni was raped by his teacher, police here said on Monday. Mamoon, the accused, is a native of Baghpat district, and had brought the boy to the madarsa five months ago to teach him Quran, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Loni) Rajneesh Upadhyay said. Delhi Shocker: Tihar Jail Prisoner Allegedly Sodomised, Brutally Tortured by Inmates; Hospitalised.

The boy in the complaint alleged that the teacher sodomised him.

He escaped Monday morning by managing to get a mobile phone from a stranger outside the madarsa and calling his father. His father reached Loni in the evening and lodged a complaint against Mamoon, following which he was booked under section 377 of the IPC and sections of POCSO Act. Hyderabad Shocker: Three-Year-Old Sodomised, Tortured to Death by Mother’s Paramour; Accused Arrested.

The boy has been sent for medical examination, the ACP said. Two police teams have been deployed to nab the teacher who remains at large, he added.

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