Ranchi:

An Imam has been arrested for raping an eight-year-old girl in a madrassa in Simdega district of Jharkhand.

The police gave this information on Monday.

Ranjit Kumar, in-charge of Kolebira police station, told that the incident took place on Sunday when the girl had gone to the madrassa to study Urdu.

The police officer said the 43-year-old imam sent other students home and took the girl to his room in the madrassa where he raped her.

Police said that after the rape, he allegedly threatened the girl and said that a jinn had possessed her.

The girl returned home crying and told her parents about the incident, who lodged a complaint with the police.

She said that Imam had allegedly raped her two months ago as well, but according to the police, she could not tell them out of fear.

Police said they have arrested the accused under Indian Penal Code section 376 (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.

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