A madrassah teacher was arrested on Thursday in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old, visually impaired child, according to police reports.

A first information report (FIR) was filed by the child’s uncle at Saddar police station on July 10 under Section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (rape) and Section 53 (sexual abuse) of the KP Child Protection Act (CPA).

According to the FIR, the child told his mother about the incident after feeling pain, saying that the teacher had abused him in his room at the mosque.

“The child is visually impaired and just five years old,” the complainant stated in the FIR, demanding legal action against the suspect.

According to Officer Farhan of the Haripur District Police, he actively worked with the Saddar police station team after the incident, and they were able to arrest the suspect.

“Under the supervision of DSP Saddar Muhammad Arif, SHO Inspector Akhtar Hussain, along with the investigation team and other police personnel, arrested the suspect,” the statement read.

The investigation is still ongoing, according to the DPO's statement.

According to Sahil's Cruel Numbers 2024 study, the Islamabad Capital Territory, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and all four provinces documented up to 3,364 child abuse cases in 2024.  The report was based on information collected from 81 national and regional newspapers nationwide.

“The objective of the report is to present the data on the situation regarding violence against children (up to 18 years) in cases of sexual abuse, abduction/kidnapping, missing children, and child marriages,” the report stated.