Teacher, student suspended from college over TikTok video get married

A teacher and his young student expelled from a college for allegedly posting an indecent video clip of themselves on TikTok have contracted court marriage, earlier this week.

According to reports, Rafaqat Hussain, a 38-year-old English teacher at the Government Postgraduate College Haripur and his 24-year-old student Zainab Ali tied the knot at a local court in Abbottabad. Zainab’s mother and Rafaqat’s cousins and friends were present in the courtroom.

Speaking about the marriage, the groom expressed that he was very happy adding, “We were in a relationship and were waiting for our families’ permission to get married.”

Rafaqat is already married and has three children with his first wife.

According to the couple, the 20-second clip that shows Rafaqat and Zainab together at a local fish-point was shared on the popular video-sharing social networking application TikTok by someone with ill-intent.

“Today, it has been established that we were in a serious relationship,” said the professor.

Rafaqat said the clip wasn’t meant to be shared on TikTok, but someone hacked into Zainab’s cellphone, stole the clip and shared it on social networking platforms. The college suspended Rafaqat and Zainab after the clip went viral for violating the college discipline, Principal Dr Muhammad Ishfaq said.