An 11-year-old girl was raped by a Maulana identified as Muntazir Alam in a mosque in UP’s Hamirpur.

The incident allegedly took place when the girl had gone to take Urdu class from Maulana Muntazir Alam in a mosque in the Kurara area, police said. It is alleged that the Maulana stopped the girl after the class and raped her, they added.

The Maulana gave toffee to her younger brother and asked him to sit outside the mosque before committing the heinous act. Later, when the girl reached home she told her parents about the incident.

SHO, Kurara, Prakash Yadav said that an FIR has been registered in this connection under the relevant sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act, and the accused has been detained.