Maulvi Shabbir Raza arrested for rape, sexual exploitation of 5 minor girls in illegal Madarsa in Rudrapur, police say there could be more victims

“Uttarakhand: Maulvi Shabbir Raza arrested for raping, sexually exploiting 5 minor girls in illegal Madarsa in Rudrapur, police say there could be more victims”, Opindia, August 24, 2024:

“A shocking case of rape and sexual exploitation of at least five minor girls, aged between 5 and 9 years, in the premises of an illegal Madrasa has come to light in Rudrapur in Uttarakhand. A 34-year-old Maulvi named Shabbir Raza has been arrested on charges of raping and sexually exploiting the minor girls. It is said that he used to scare the minor girls by telling them stories of ‘jinns’ and threatening to unleash the spirits on their parents. He is also accused of showing the minor girls pornographic videos on his phone.

The accused Maulvi, Shabbir Raza, was arrested on August 18 from Malsi village. Reports say that Raza originally hails from Pilibhit district in Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed as Maulvi at the mosque located in Malsi village in Uttar Pradesh’s Nagar district of Rudrapur.

He was running an illegal Madrasa in the mosque where he taught Urdu language to children up to 14-15 years of age. He had built another room for himself in the madrasa, where an AC was installed. It is said that he committed the heinous crime in this room…..”

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