An additional district and sessions court on Monday instructed the madrassa student, who was raped by Mufti Azizur Rehman, to appear in the court and record his statement.
On Monday, the case was heard by Judicial Magistrate Rana Arshad at Lahore Cantt Kutchery. The cleric was brought to court amid tight security.
The court asked the police about the whereabouts of the plaintiff and instructed him to appear in the court at the next scheduled for November 29.
Earlier, on October 22, the court rejected Rehman’s bail plea. The cleric’s request contended that he was an innocent citizen and had been wrongly implicated in the case. The court ordered the police to present all witnesses in the case.
On October 4, the court had indicted seven persons, including Azizur Rehman and his sons in the case.
The viral video On June 16, Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman of Jamia Manzoorul Islamia, Lahore, was booked for sodomy after videos showing him forcing himself on a student went viral.
The student had filed an FIR at Lahore’s North Cantt Police Station.
