<p>An imam was arrested for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl at a madrasa in Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident happened when the girl went to the madrasa on Sunday for Urdu lessons, Kolebira police station officer-in-charge Ranjit Kumar said.</p>.<p>The imam, 43, sent the other pupils home, and took the girl to his room on the campus where he allegedly raped her, the officer said.</p>.<p>After the rape, he allegedly threatened the girl and told her that a jinn has possessed him, police said.</p>.<p>The girl returned home in tears and narrated the incident to her parents who then lodged a police complaint.</p>.<p>She said that the imam had allegedly raped her even two months ago, but she could not tell them out of fear, according to police.</p>.<p>Police said they arrested the accused under IPC section 376 (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.</p>
<p>An imam was arrested for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl at a madrasa in Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident happened when the girl went to the madrasa on Sunday for Urdu lessons, Kolebira police station officer-in-charge Ranjit Kumar said.</p>.<p>The imam, 43, sent the other pupils home, and took the girl to his room on the campus where he allegedly raped her, the officer said.</p>.<p>After the rape, he allegedly threatened the girl and told her that a jinn has possessed him, police said.</p>.<p>The girl returned home in tears and narrated the incident to her parents who then lodged a police complaint.</p>.<p>She said that the imam had allegedly raped her even two months ago, but she could not tell them out of fear, according to police.</p>.<p>Police said they arrested the accused under IPC section 376 (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.</p>