Dhaka/IBNS: Police arrested a mosque imam for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka, media reports said.
The arrested person was identified as Abdullah Al Hadi.
He is the main imam of Mohammadpur Shahid Park Central Jame Mosque.
Following a complaint filed by the victim, the imam was detained from the mosque on Tuesday, Abdul Latif, chief of Mohammadpur Police Station, told bdnews24.
The victim, a student of a madrasa in Shyamoli, went to the imam on Monday to seek his help in bearing the expenditure for his mother’s treatment, according to the complaint, reported the news portal.
The imam asked the boy to meet him again on Tuesday morning. Later, he took the boy into his room and abused him sexually,” OC Latif told the news portal citing the complaint.
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