“Uttarakhand: Maulvi Shabbir Raza arrested for raping and sexually exploiting 5 minor girls inside illegal Madarsa in Rudrapur, police say there can be more victims”, Opindia, August 24, 2024:
“A shocking case of rape and sexual exploitation of at least five minor girls, aged 5 to 9 years, inside the premises of an illegal Madrasa, has come to light from Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur. 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 ‘djinns’ and threatening to unleash those spirits on their parents. He is also accused of showing the minor girls porn videos on his phone.
The accused Maulvi, Shabbir Raza, was arrested on 18th August from Malsi village. As per reports, Raza originally hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district. He was appointed as the Maulvi in the mosque which is located in Malsi village in Rudrapur city’s US Nagar.
He was running an illegal Madrasa within the Mosque where he was teaching Urdu language to children up to 14-15 years of age. He had built another room for himself inside the madrasa, where an AC was installed. It is said that he committed the heinous crime in this room…..”
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