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Jani police station in-charge Pankaj Kumar Singh said the detainees are 42-year-old Adil (teacher) and 47-year-old Maqsood (manager).

The girl’s father told the police that the alleged incident took place on October 29. (Representative image)

A manager and a teacher of a madrassa have been arrested here on charges of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl student, police said on Monday.

The incident took place in Jani police station area and the accused were nabbed from Jani Kal cut on Sunday night, they said.

Jani police station in-charge Pankaj Kumar Singh said the detainees are 42-year-old Adil (teacher) and 47-year-old Maqsood (manager).

“Both allegedly sexually abused a minor girl, who is a class 8 student. Based on the complaint of the victim’s family, the Jani police registered a case against the accused under the relevant provisions of the NBS as well as the POCSO Act,” Singh said.

The girl’s father told the police that the alleged incident took place on October 29. When the student started crying, the accused threatened to kill her. After this, the student got so scared that she stopped going to the madrassa, the official said.

“She became very quiet and also started refusing to go to the madrasa to study. On Saturday, the family members filed a complaint at the Jani police station, which led to the arrest of the two on Sunday evening,” he said.

The accused were produced before a local court which sent them to judicial custody, the police added.

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