UP: Minor NEET aspirant held hostage, raped for 6 months by coaching centre teachers in Kanpur
Kanpur: A student was allegedly confined for more than six months and raped by two teachers at a prominent coaching institute where she had enrolled to prepare for medical entrance exam NEET.
The student had moved from Fatehpur in 2022 and was staying in a hostel in Kalyanpur.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kalyanpur) Abhishek Pandey said— biology teacher Sahil Siddiqui and chemistry teacher Vikas Porwal—have been arrested and charged with offences of rape, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, according to the report.
The student was 17 years old when the accused raped her.
The case was registered on Friday after she approached the Kalyanpur police station.
The victims told the police that Siddiqui invited her to his friend's apartment in Kalyanpur's Makdi-Khera area on the pretext of a New Year's party.
He told her that other students would also be there.
She alleged that when she reached the flat, she found only Siddiqui, who drugged her with sedative-laced soft drinks and raped her while also recording the episode on video.
He then allegedly held her hostage in his flat for more than six months, and raped her repeatedly and also threatened to circulate the video online if she revealed her ordeal to anyone.
Porwal raped her a few months after this, the student alleged.
The survivor said that she could not report the incident to the police as as she feared that her step would land her family in danger.
After six months, the girl's mother came to Kanpur and took her along.
After initial hesitation, she decided to report the crime to the police when she saw a video showing Siddiqui sexually harassing another coaching student.
The case was registered against the two teachers under Indian Penal Code sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence), 376(2)(n) (commits rape repeatedly on the same woman), 344 (wrongful confinement for 10 or more days) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and the POCSO Act, the report said, quoting a police official.
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