NEET aspirant raped and blackmailed by two well-known coaching teachers in Kanpur

One of the teachers was also arrested a few months ago for sexually harassing another student.

Kanpur:

A minor who had gone to Kanpur to prepare for her medical entrance exam for NEET was allegedly raped and blackmailed for months by two well-known teachers of a popular coaching center in the city. Police said one of the teachers was arrested a few months ago after CCTV footage of him allegedly sexually harassing another student was widely shared and this gave the survivor the courage to finally file a complaint.

Both teachers have been arrested.

A police official said the student had gone to Kanpur to prepare for the 2022 exam and enrolled in a coaching center there. In January this year, her biology teacher, Sahil Siddiqui, 32, invited her to a party at his house, which he said was for all students. However, when the girl reached his flat, she realized she was alone. She alleged that Siddiqui got her drunk, raped her and filmed the act.

The survivor told police that Siddiqui had threatened to make the video public and kill her family, and also raped her on several other occasions. He held her hostage in his apartment for some time and then forced her to attend parties there. During one such party, she was raped by her 39-year-old chemistry teacher, Vikas Porwal. The survivor was a minor at the time.

The student said she had gone home to meet her parents near Holi and Siddiqui called her and asked her to return, threatening to harm her family if she did not comply.

A video of Siddiqui allegedly sexually harassing another student recently went viral and he was released on bail. An official said this helped the student overcome her fear of him and filed a police complaint on Thursday.

A first information report (FIR) was registered on Friday and both Siddiqui and Porwal were arrested the same night.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhishek Pandey said, “The student told us that she was raped by the accused on several occasions. A case has been registered and the two men have been arrested and are being questioned. The student was a minor at the time and asked us not to share too many details.”

The two teachers appeared in court on Saturday.

(With inputs from Arun Agarwal)