Two months after the UT police arrested Zulfiqar Khan, director of Theatre Age, an NGO, for allegedly sodomising children belonging to his school, the police today submitted a 360-page chargesheet in the court against the accused.
The chargesheet was submitted in the court of Additional Sessions Judge JS Sidhu.
The police have charged Zulfiqar Khan under Sections 377 (unnatural sex), 292 (exhibiting obscene content) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and Sections 4 and 16 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The case has now been adjourned to September 17 when arguments on framing of charges will begin in the court.
The statements of five complainants, four of whom are adults while the fifth one is a 15-year-old minor boy, have been included in the chargesheet which comprises a total of 34 prosecution witnesses, including the five complainants who are the victims.
The police have also included the medical examination report of the five victims and also their age proof as evidence. The CFSL report in the case is awaited and the police will file a supplementary challan once the report is received, sources said.