AHMEDABAD: Prantij police of Sabarkantha district on Monday registered an FIR against three teachers of a madrassa, allegedly, for assaulting several students and confining them inside the campus.
According to the FIR filed with Prantij police, a 16-year-old student from Bihar, who was studying at the Jamia Darul Ahsan Waqf madrasa in Prantij, stated that he and his younger brother were brought to Gujarat on April 11, 2025.
Along with them, 32 other children were also brought to the madrassa by one of the accused, who visited their village to promote admissions. They reached the madrasa on April 13 via Udaipur.
The student said that from the beginning, the teachers beat students with sticks, wires, or any object in hand if they did not sleep early or wake up on time.
Even during breaks, if they were found talking or laughing, they were beaten. The madrassa gates were locked, and students were not allowed to go outside.
He named three teachers in the FIR, accusing them of severe torture. He told police that one allegedly hit him on the waist with a stick and punched him in the stomach while his cousin, aged 12, was reportedly beaten with a thick wire and slapped.
Another relative was beaten with a stick for forgetting a lesson, while a third was hit with a plastic pipe, said the student, adding that another boy was punched in the stomach for being unable to recall a lesson, and was subjected to a beating even after he collapsed.
Eight boys decided to escape, allegedly, due to the repeated assaults. Around 3am on Monday, one student took the key and opened the gate. The group reached Prantij railway station and boarded a train. Due to fear of being caught, they got off that train and took another train to Udaipur.
The three teachers, allegedly, tracked them to Himmatnagar station and forced them off the train. The children raised an alarm, and police arrived. One student with stomach pain was admitted to Himmatnagar Civil Hospital.
Prantij police registered a case of causing hurt, illegal confinement, and abetment under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the three teachers known as Mufti Yunus, Mohammed Anas Meman, and Mohammed Fahad.