SRINAGAR: After evading arrest for a week, a madrassa teacher was apprehended from north

’s

district on Sunday for allegedly sodomising an 11-year-old student at the institution. Even though the incident took place two months ago, it came to light after the victim’s father filed a police complaint in January, cops said.

The accused — Mufti Hilal Ahmad

(27) — a resident of

village, teaches at the Madrassa Darul Hudda in Kreeri village. Gani allegedly summoned the boy to his room after the morning prayers on December 20, 2017, and sodomised him, while the other students were studying the Holy Quran at the mosque, cops said.

Almost a month later on January 28, the victim’s father filed a police complaint, based on which, an FIR was registered against the accused cleric under sections 377 (unnatural sex) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the

. During the course of the investigation, the victim’s medical examination was conducted and statements of witnesses recorded. Gani, who had been absconding ever since the filing of the FIR, was eventually arrested on Sunday.