DEHRADUN: A teacher at a madrassa in

has been arrested for allegedly sodomizing a 15-year-old student. According to police, the 24-year-old teacher, Muhammad

Raza, sodomized the boy on multiple occasions. On Sunday night, the student fled from the institution and boarded a bus to

where he revealed his ordeal to his family. The family then filed a complaint with police which arrested the teacher on Wednesday.

Raza has been booked under section 377 (unnatural offences) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and relevant sections of the POCSO Act.

The boy had enrolled in the madrassa six months ago. Around 30 residential students and 210 day-scholars are enrolled at the institution.

Doiwala SHO Rakesh Gosain told TOI, “The boy was in trauma after being sodomized again on Sunday night and he fled to his family in Moradabad. The teacher was also threatening the boy to keep quiet about the matter.”

Raza has been teaching at the madrassa for over eight years. “We are checking if there are any more victims,” the SHO said.