Nine-year-old boy sexually assaulted at a mosque in Hyderabad

A nine-year-old boy was sexually assaulted at a mosque in Santoshnagar when he went to offer prayers.

The victim, a Class V student, is keeping a fast during Ramzan and visits the mosque every day to offer prayers between 7.45 pm and 10 pm.

The boy, however, came home crying on April 28 and once his parents questioned him, they learned that a man tried to sexually assault him.

According to the police, the worker, Imran covered the boy’s mouth and tried to sexually assault him but when the boy raised an alarm, he threatened not to reveal the incident to anyone.

The police received a complaint from the boy’s mother on May 1 and a case was registered against Imran under relevant sections of the IPC. He was arrested on Monday.