A case could be filed against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) Mufti Kifayatullah if proved that he provided refuge to a child rapist arrested last night, the assistant public prosecutor in the case said on Monday. The prosecutor made the comment as the primary accused, a religious teacher at a madrassa, was handed over to police on five-day physical remand. The accused was given refuge for three days, the prosecutor added. The qari had allegedly raped and severely beaten a 10-year-old boy on December 25 in the city’s Thakar Mira neighbourhood and had since been on the run until his arrest Sunday night when Kifayatullah and other local religious leaders had handed him over to police. Police on Sunday night had confirmed that the religious teacher had been arrested alongside four alleged accomplices, including his brother. They were relatives of the accused, police had added. A medical examination of the survivor confirmed that he was raped and subjected to torture, police said.
