A Madrasa teacher was arrested by Kerala police for sexually abusing as many as 19 children in last two years.

The Madrasa teacher from Kottayam district, Yusuf, 63, has been arrested by Thalayolaparambu police after the Mahallu committee, the executive that runs madrasa lodged a complaint against him.

The New Indian Express report says that despite suspicions, Yusuf was not apprehended earlier as parents of the victims didn’t lodge complaint.

He confessed to the police of raping kids since the age of 25 and he also claimed that he too was abused during his childhood.

The police said that the accused “took revenge” by raping daughter of the man who had sexually abused him and he told that he was sure that he wouldn’t be nabbed since most children don’t have knowledge of sexual exploitation and what legal action they can take against the person who sexually abused them.

The committee running Madrasa was initially not willing to lodge a complaint, but later it decided act against the teacher.