Cleric Arrested For Beating Students In Hyderabad

The Hyderabad police Friday arrested a mosque cleric allegedly for beating his students with a belt.

HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2018 ) :The Hyderabad police Friday arrested a mosque cleric allegedly for beating his students with a belt.

The video showing the cleric beating the students at Sarhindi Mosque in Masoom Shah Colony in the limits of Cantonment police station. went viral on social media.

The video shows the cleric Qari Shabbir Ahmed Ansari, the son of the mosque's Pesh Imam Ghulam Hussain Anasari, whacking the students with a thick rubber belt.

Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah and Inspector General of Police Sindh, Syed Kaleem Imam taking notice of the incident directed the district police to take action and submit a report.

Senior Superintendent of Police Hyderabad Sarfaraz Nawaz Shaikh's directed immediate arrest of the suspect. Later an FIR was registered against him on the complaint of Ahmed Jan, father of Shahzeb, a student.

He was booked under Section 328-A of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC),which brings imprisonmentfor 1 to 3 years after conviction in addition to fine.The section was inserted through the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2014, in the PPC to discourage corporal punishment.