Senior Superintendent of Police Shashi Shekhar Singh informed that the accused Maulvi has been arrested and the minor victim has been sent to the hospital for medical examination.
Mufti Mustafa runs the Jami-ul-Huda madrasa since 2018 in Moirabari. The police also seized several incriminating documents along with mobile phones, bank passbooks, and other material from Mufti Mustafa's possession.
When the class 10 student named Mashida was called on stage to receive the prize for topping her class, senior cleric MT Abdulla Musaliyar walked towards the place where the girl was felicitated and reprimanded the fellow clerics for inviting "a girl on stage".
Maulvi Farooq from Rajouri has clarified in a recent statement, "If my comments have hurt someone then I duly apologize. I was not referring to any specific religion."