Held ‘hostage’ in Lucknow madarsa, 51 girls rescued

LUCKNOW: As many as 51 girls were rescued on Saturday after a raid was conducted on a madarsa here, following complaints of sexual harassment of the inmates by the institute’s manager, the police said.

The manager, Mohammad Taiyab Zia, was arrested. Acting on a tip-off by the locals, a police team carried out a raid at Madarsa Jamia Khadeejtul Qubra Lilabnat on Friday night.

The police said they made arrangements to send the inmates to their parents. Investigations to ascertain whether the madarsa was being run illegally or was registered are on, they said. The police said more than 100 girls study at the madarsa and the rest were not present at the time of the raid.