Imam sexually assaults 15-year-old in Kerala after luring her to forest, booked: Police
Team Udayavani, Feb 12, 2019, 1:25 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: A Muslim cleric was booked on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in Kerala, police said.
Shafeeq Al Qasimi, who was serving as the Imam of a rural mosque at Tholicode in Vithura, over 30 km away from here, was removed after the incident came to light, they said.
A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against him based on the mosque committee’s statement.
According to the statement, he had lured a 15-year-old girl to an isolated forest area in Vithura and allegedly sexually assaulted her last week.
The incident came to light after a group of local women confronted the cleric after seeing him with the school-going girl in the forest.
“An FIR was registered as per the statement of the mosque committee,” a police official said, adding that the victim or her family was yet to file a formal complaint.
Qasimi was removed as Imam of the mosque after the issue surfaced, police added.
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