BENGALURU: City police arrested an 18-year-old son of a madrasa in-charge for allegedly beating up a 11-year-old girl over a trivial issue.
M Mohammed Hassan of Thanisandra was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by the mother of the girl who is a student of a madrasa. Hassan’s mother is in charge of the madrasa, with about 200 children studying in it.
The girl lived in the madrasa and her parents, who are self-employed, live in Yeshwantpur. The girl joined the madrasa in July 2024, her mother told police.
“On Tuesday (Feb 18), I received a phone call from a madrasa staffer, who told us that Hassan badly beat up and kicked my daughter on Sunday (Feb 16). We rushed to the spot, but Hassan was not there. According to my daughter, kids spilled rice on the floor while playing. Hassan grew angry and told the kids to clean it. Meanwhile, Hassan asked my daughter why she was not cleaning, and the girl replied saying she had not spilled the rice. He beat her up and kicked her,” the mother told TOI.
“The accused’s mother argued that the former did not beat up anyone. However, she, not knowing the truth, played the CCTV recording before us, and it clearly showed Hassan’s inhuman act,” the girl’s mother said, adding that her husband immediately called Kothanur police.
Hassan has been booked under the Juvenile Justice Act and sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 115 (Voluntarily causing hurt).
“After keeping Hassan in custody for one day, where we carried out formalities like spot mahajar, we produced him before a court on Wednesday. The court handed him over to judicial custody,” an investigating officer said.
