On Saturday, in Ahmedabad, a 16 year old girl accused her tuition teacher of repeatedly raping for a year. Victim girl alleged that her teacher Prakash Patel sexually exploited her by blackmailing her with her pictures in compromising position. After remaining silent for a year, Shraddha finally gathered courage to filed police complaint for rape, causing hurt and criminal intimidation against Prakash. Police have registered a case against Prakash under sections of IPC and POCSO and have launched a manhunt for him. As per Chandkheda police, victim girl a resident of D Cabin area, is a class XII (science) student of a school in Sabarmati. Last year when she was In class XI, she booked in PB Patel Classes at Jantanagar run by Prakash Patel at his residence for physics. Along with her, there were 15 students in the class.
As per her statement, in May 2016, she had been to Prakash’s residence in extra time to clear a few doubts. She got thirsty and Prakash brought water for her. After drinking it, she lost consciousness. When she woke up, she was in the bed. After a few days, she realized that the water was spiked and Prakash had undressed her and clicked her pictures in compromising position, Prakash soon started blackmailing her with those pictures and raped her repeatedly. According to Shraddha’s statement, she was also forcibly taken to a guest house on Chandkheda-Mehsana Road and raped. Prakash told her that he was a don in Surat and if she tried to protest, he would harm her and her family and post her photographs online. “She discontinued his tuitions, but Patel did not leave her. He sent a phone with a student to her on which he used to communicate to her. After repeated rapes again in January and February this year at Prakash’s new residence on Mansarovar Road, she got tired and returned his phone and told her parents about the incident,” said the official.
As per source.
