LAHORE: A seminary teacher in Muzaffargarh district was arrested for allegedly raping an 11-year-old student, Dawn.com reported on Sunday.

`A case has been lodged against a madrassa teacher with Mirhazar police station,` a police spokesperson said.

He said the police took immediate action and arrested the suspect.

The first information report (FIR) was registered under Section 376(iii) (rape of a minor) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

The teacher took the student to his residential room on the madrassa premises and raped the student twice, according to the FIR.

`A case was registered on the statement of the child`s mother,` the police spokesperson added.

Last year, Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Sahil`s data revealed that a total of 1,630 cases of child abuse were reported from across the country.