Three kids who were chained inside a madrasa for not attending the class have been rescued in Bengaluru recently. Based on a secretly shot video which went viral on social media, Bengaluru police raided the madrasa in HSR layout and rescued the siblings and sent them to juvenile home. The eldest among them is just 10 years on Friday. According to police sources, the kids had refused to attend the classes and with consent of the father the teacher chained them and kept them inside the madrasa.
According to MB Boralingaiah, deputy commissioner of police, southeast division confirmed the incident and said three kids (aged 10, eight and seven) were rescued from a madrasa. He said the teacher with the consent of the father of the kids had chained them. “We have booked the father, Siraj Wahab, a labourer, aged around 35, and the teacher, Mubarak Moulasaab, 30, under various acts of IPC. But they have got the bail and are out. However, we are going to file charge sheet and continue our investigation,” he added.
According to Krupa Alva, chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the kids are in trauma. She said this is the first such incident in any madrasa in Karnataka. She also confirmed that there was no sign of any physical abuse on the children.
The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), has formed a fact-finding team to probe the incident. Meanwhile Imam’s council has taken up the issue and wants to undertake further investigation of the entire episode. Maulana Mohammed Maqsood Imran, a member of the Imams’ council said it was against Islam as Islam does not allow cruelty.
This incident has lot in common with an incident in Haryana where a minor boy was found chained inside a madrasa for not doing his homework. But there it was the boy’s father who had filmed his son in shackles and got two teachers arrested last week. In this case the person who shot the video in his mobile is still not known but his timely action has helped the siblings to get unshackled.