TAXILA: A seminary teacher was arrested for allegedly torturing a student while a prayer leader was booked for keeping his daughter-in-law in illegal confinement and attempting to assault her in the limits of Wah Cantonment police on Sunday.

In the first incident, a nine-year-old student of a madressah was subjected to torture by his teacher.

Police on the complaint of the student`s father registered a case against the teacher under section 498H, 337-A and 337-F Pakistan Penal Code and arrested the suspect.

In another incident, police booked the prayer leader of a mosque located in the officers` colony for allegedly 1(eeping his teenage daughter-in-law in illegal confinement and attempting to assault her.

The girl`s father reported to the police which booked the suspectandlaunchedan investigation.