A court in Khairpur has acquitted a retired schoolteacher who was arrested three years ago after videos of him allegedly sexually assaulting his students at his house had emerged on social media. He was accused of raping and filming dozens of minor children.
The court has acquitted him due to “lack of evidence”.
After scrutinising evidence and police reports, the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge-IV, Khairpur acquitted retired teacher Sarang Shar.
In 2020, videos and pictures had emerged on social media showing schoolteacher Sarang Shar allegedly sexually assaulting a young boy in his house in Thari Mirwah town, Khairpur, where he ran a private tuition centre. The child sexual abuse scandal sent shockwaves through the district with angry residents and activists demanding justice for the students. The families of two of the alleged victims filed separate cases against the retired government teacher.
The suspect was alleged to have raped his pupils, and filmed the ghastly act. He was also accused of forcing his students to commit sodomy with each other. All the students who were studying at his tuition centre were aged between 10 to 12 years.
A report by an NGO working on child protection, Sahil, had revealed over 12 children were sexually abused daily in Pakistan and as many as 4,253 cases of child sexual abuse were reported in Pakistan during 2022.
