School teacher arrested for allegedly raping seven-year-old student in Rawalpindi

The Rawalpindi police have arrested a school teacher for allegedly raping a seven-year-old student, reports Tahir Naseer for Dawn.

Police spokesperson Sajjadul Hassan told Dawn that the suspect was taken into custody on Wednesday night.

The case was registered at Saddar Wah Cantt police station on the complaint of the victim’s mother.

According to the first information report (FIR) registered on November 16, the mother said her daughter, A*, aged six or seven, was subjected to rape when she was at school.

“Upon returning home, the girl told me while crying that a male teacher — whose name she did not know — at her school had sexually assaulted her,” the FIR quoted the mother.

The complainant said she took her daughter to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for a medical examination but was told by the hospital staff to come back with the police.

“I request that justice be provided to my daughter by initiating legal proceedings against the school teacher,” the mother requested in the FIR.

Potohar Division Superintendent of Police Tasawar Iqbal said a “zero-tolerance policy” on violence, abuse and harassment against women and children was being ensured.