Lucknow(Uttar Pradesh) India December 30(NT): A manager from the madrasa in UP Shahadatganj was detained on Friday running sex racket police rescued numbers of girls.Several girls were also saved after a raid was conducted at the madrasa.

The Lucknow Police carried out the raid after some girls filed the complaint against the manager for allegedly sexually harassing them.Around 125 girls studied at the madrasa while only 51 were present at the time of the raid.The statements of the girls were recorded by the police and the matter was reported to the Child Welfare Committee.

Deepak Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Lucknow said that an investigation has been launched in the matter.

"We took strong action, the moment we got the complaint. We took our team and went there for the raid. We found 51 students who were held hostage in the madrasa. The culprit is behind the bars and we are doing our inquiry. He used to assault those students and also beat them," he said.

Vikas Tripathi, Superintendent of Police, West Uttar Pradesh said that an FIR has been lodged in this regard.

"Today we got a complaint that few students are allegedly held the mortgage in the madrasa. There were different complaints as well by the students. We took the matter very seriously and with the joint team we came here to raid. After the investigation, we found that the complaints were right. So we had lodged FIR. The accused has been arrested," the SP said