A religious leader of a Queens mosque was arrested for allegedly groping and molesting multiple young girls, according to authorities and reports.
Tajul Islam, 55, was arrested on Monday by the Queens Child Abuse Squad on charges of sexual abuse, forcible touching, and unlawfully dealing with a child for multiple alleged disturbing incidents that occurred over a week in April, according to the NYPD.
Islam, a religious leader at Masjid Bilal Queens Islamic Center in Jamaica, allegedly approached a 10-year-old girl inside the storefront mosque, grabbed her breast, and touched her inner thigh, according to a criminal complaint obtained by QNS.
The creep cleric, who also lives in the mosque, committed the same act again on Monday — approaching and groping another 10-year-old girl, the complaint alleged.
He was cuffed roughly four hours after the most recent incident unfolded, the outlet said.
Islam was arraigned on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
He was ordered held on $25,000 bail by Judge Sharifa Nasser-Cuellar, who also issued temporary orders of protection, court records show.
The NYPD is now asking other possible victims or individuals with knowledge of the incidents to come forward by calling the NYPD’s Sex Crimes Hotline at 1-212-267-7273 or 1-646-610-7272, the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
