MUZAFFARGARH: A cleric of a local madrassah was arrested for allegedly subjecting a minor boy to sexual assault in Muzaffargarh. A First Information Report (FIR), dated Dec 17, was registered on the complaint of the victim’s father at Sethpur station under Section 377 (unnatural offence) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). As per the FIR, the complainant’s son went to a nearby mosque inside a shrine to study the Quran at around 6:30am. However, unusually, he returned early crying and told his father and others about the incident that had taken place. The cleric was charged under Section 377 (unnatural offence) of Pakistan Penal Code and Section 53 (child sexual abuse) of Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010. The report said that the suspect took the boy outside of the room into the Darbar Sharif, where he allegedly assaulted him. The suspect also gave the victim Rs10 in an attempt to silence him but the boy refused and ran home.