India News | Jharkhand Imam Gets Life Sentence for Raping Minor

Simdega (Jharkhand), Aug 25 (PTI) A court in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Friday sentenced an Imam of a madrasa to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year-old girl in December last year.

The court of Additional District Judge Asha Devi Bhatt also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.

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According to the FIR registered in the Kolebira police station in this regard, the girl had gone to the Madrasa to study on December 11. Its Imam Md Amin-Uddin Ansari, after the classes were over, took her to an isolated place and raped her.

Returning home, the minor narrated the incident to her parents who lodged a complaint with the police in this connection.

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Police arrested the Imam soon after the case was registered under the POCSO Act.

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