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Madarsa chief assaults teenaged boy for not learning Arabic

Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013, 19:30 IST | Place: Hassan | Agency: PTI

Dadapeer, head of Jamia Habibiya Madarsa, allegedly assaulted the 11-year-old boy for "refusing" to learn Arabic. He received injuries on his legs and genitals and is being treated in a hospital, police said.

A head of a Madarsa on Tuesday allegedly assaulted a teenaged boy for "refusing" to learn Arabic at Belur in Chikamagalur district, police said in Hassan on Tuesday.

Dadapeer, head of Jamia Habibiya Madarsa, allegedly assaulted the 11-year-old boy for "refusing" to learn Arabic. He received injuries on his legs and genitals and is being treated in a hospital, police said.

Dadapeer met the boy's parents and admitted to assaulting their son, police said.