FIR against Cleric for beating minor in madrasa for not following dress code

Srinagar:J&K Police has registered a case against a maulvi for allegedly beating a madrasa student in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir for not following the dress code at the seminary.Police said the case was registered after a complaint by the boy's father.

On Monday evening, a written complaint was submitted by Mohammad Sadiq Chiche of Kangan Wuder claiming that his minor son was allegedly beaten by Maulvi Reyaz Ahmad Khantana in a local Darul Uloom for not wearing Khandress which is dress code in Darul uloom, police said.

“A case under section 341,323, IPC 75 JJ Act has been registered in in Police Station Kangan and further investigation has been taken up,” a police officer said in Ganderbal.(UNI)