MULTAN,Jan 2nd: An Eight year old students, Ghulam Sarwar was tortured to death by Qari Abdul Rehman, a teacher of a religious seminary in Mankot (Kabirwala) some 50 km east of Multan DPO Khanewal Muhammad Kamran Khan said, "we have taken the teacher in our custody but the father of ill-fated student Sana-ullah pardoned him, consequently we have released him," Police chief said that Ghulam Sarwar (8) was beaten up by his teacher for not learning from holy quran. When his condition deteriorated,other students took him to a private clinic where he died before getting any medical aid. A number of students have so far been died of maltreastment by the teachers of religious seminaries in Southern Punjab.Another incident took place on December 21, 2009: when a seven year old student Ghulam Rasul was beaten to death by his teachers while another student was in critical condition, for not learning the Holy Qur'an in Hujra Shah Muqueen village (Deepalpur) of Okara district, on Friday.The tragic incident took place at a mosque-school of Deepalpur where both the students were learning the Holy Qur'an by heart. The victim's father Liaquat Ali told newsmen that his son Ghulam Rasul and a nephew Abrar Ahmed were learning Holy Qur'an where two teachers Liaquat Ali and Tariq Ali, beat them brutally. The students fell conscious and were taken to hospital where poor Ghulam Rasul died. The teachers, however, did not inform the parents about the death. After eight hours, hospital sources released the information.DPO Okara Bilal Saddique Kamyana said," a murder case was instituted against both the teachers of the religious seminary, who could not be apprehended."Similarly, in another sad incident, a seven year old blind child was beaten to death by his teacher for not learning the Holy Qur'an in Vehari on May 30,2008. The barbaric teacher, after beating the child, did not even take the poor child to the hospital after his condition went from bad to worse. As a result, the boy succumbed to his injuries. The teacher ran away later, but was eventually caught by the police on charges of torture and murder.A blind child, who literally did not see it coming, suffered at the hands of a Qari who was probably educated in the same harsh ways and knew this to be the only way to 'teach and pass on'.