Karachi: Over 50 boys under 18 years of age, who were kept chained in a basement of a seminary and allegedly sexually abused have been rescued in Pakistani port city of Karachi, police officials said on Tuesday.
Even though officials said seminary's administration was running a "detoxification unit" for drug addicts, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the police had been told to investigate thoroughly if the seminary had any link to the Tehreek-e-Taliban and if the children were being imparted terrorist training.
Police carried out the raid after receiving a tip-off that Mufti Dawood, the custodian of Jamia Masjid Zikria, had been keeping several students chained in the basement of the madrassa in Afghan Basti and subjecting them to torture and sexual abuse, Superintendent of Police Muhammad Altaf Sarwar Malik said.
However, Dawood managed to escape. All the boys found in the basement were under 18 years of age.
A signboard at the seminary said drug addicts were treated there.
However, keeping them in chains was objectionable and illegal, police said.
Even though officials said seminary's administration was running a "detoxification unit" for drug addicts, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the police had been told to investigate thoroughly if the seminary had any link to the Tehreek-e-Taliban and if the children were being imparted terrorist training.
Police carried out the raid after receiving a tip-off that Mufti Dawood, the custodian of Jamia Masjid Zikria, had been keeping several students chained in the basement of the madrassa in Afghan Basti and subjecting them to torture and sexual abuse, Superintendent of Police Muhammad Altaf Sarwar Malik said.
However, Dawood managed to escape. All the boys found in the basement were under 18 years of age.
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A signboard at the seminary said drug addicts were treated there.
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However, keeping them in chains was objectionable and illegal, police said.
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