UP Crime Information: A minor NEET pupil at a distinguished teaching institute in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur was allegedly held hostage for six months and raped by two of its academics. In keeping with police, the scholar moved to Kanpur from Fatehpur to organize for her medical entrance examination. The officers stated that the ordeal started for the scholar in December 2022, when she was placing up at a metropolis hostel, in keeping with information company PTI. The sufferer pupil was 17 years previous when the incident passed off.
Talking in regards to the alleged incident, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kalyanpur) Abhishek Pandey stated the case was registered on Friday after she reached out to the Kalyanpur police station. The 2 accused academics within the case had been recognized as Sahil Siddiqui, who taught biology, and Vikas Porwal, who taught chemistry. They’ve been arrested and charged with offences of rape, wrongful confinement, prison intimidation, and underneath the provisions of the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act.
In her grievance, the survivor instructed police that in December 2022, Siddiqui invited her to his good friend’s flat in Kalyanpur’s Makdi-Khera space for a New Yr’s celebration, saying different college students can be there as properly, as reported by PTI. The scholar alleged that when she reached the flat, she discovered solely Siddiqui there, who drugged her by lacing her gentle drink with sedatives and raped her whereas additionally recording the episode on video.
In keeping with the grievance, Siddiqui allegedly held her hostage in his flat for over six months, throughout which he repeatedly raped her and likewise threatened to share the video on-line if she spoke to anybody about it. The scholar additionally alleged that Porwal raped her a couple of months after this. Within the FIR, the survivor stated that she couldn’t muster the braveness to hunt assist from police as she was afraid that it’d land her household at risk.
Six months later, the mom of the sufferer woman arrived in Kanpur and took her alongside. Initially, the woman was hesitant to strategy the police, however she made up her thoughts to take the step when she got here throughout a video by which Siddiqui was seen sexually harassing a training pupil.
The case was registered in opposition to the 2 academics underneath Indian Penal Code sections 328 (inflicting damage via poison, and many others., with intent to commit an offence), 376(2)(n) (commits rape repeatedly on the identical lady), 344 (wrongful confinement for 10 or extra days), and 506 (punishment for prison intimidation) and the POCSO Act, an official stated.
(With PTI Inputs)
