TNN | May 3, 2012, 03.36AM IST
BHOPAL: The director of a school and his wife who is a principal in the same school were arrested by the police in Betul town, 160 km from here, on Wednesday after a minor student was diagnosed "pregnant'' by doctors. The victim girl, a student of class 7, complained of abdominal pain and was taken to a local hospital where doctors found that she was pregnant.
When quizzed by her parents, the girl broke down and said that the director of the school Yashwant Kharpate had allegedly raped her with the assistance of his wife. The rape was committed in the end of December last year.
Police said that Yashwant Kharpate (45) and his wife Vandana (40) were arrested and a case registered against them under sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
According to the police, the victim girl a student of Apex English School, had repeatedly warned her mother that the school director Yashwant Kharpate often stopped her and said how beautiful she was. Her mother took the comments as the fatherly appreciation of a middle-aged man for a young girl.
According to the victim's statement to the police, she was called into the principal's office one day in the last week of December and Vandana Kharpate said that the director Yashwant wished to see the girl in their residence on the top floor of the private school building. When the student reached there accompanied by Vandana, the principal shoved her in and then walked-out bolting the door from outside.
After the alleged rape, the director threatened her with dire consequences if she mentioned about the incident outside.
Following this, the girl stopped going to school regularly. She made excuses of ill-health whenever her parents asked her to go to school.
Link: School principal, director held for raping minor
When quizzed by her parents, the girl broke down and said that the director of the school Yashwant Kharpate had allegedly raped her with the assistance of his wife. The rape was committed in the end of December last year.
Police said that Yashwant Kharpate (45) and his wife Vandana (40) were arrested and a case registered against them under sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
According to the police, the victim girl a student of Apex English School, had repeatedly warned her mother that the school director Yashwant Kharpate often stopped her and said how beautiful she was. Her mother took the comments as the fatherly appreciation of a middle-aged man for a young girl.
According to the victim's statement to the police, she was called into the principal's office one day in the last week of December and Vandana Kharpate said that the director Yashwant wished to see the girl in their residence on the top floor of the private school building. When the student reached there accompanied by Vandana, the principal shoved her in and then walked-out bolting the door from outside.
After the alleged rape, the director threatened her with dire consequences if she mentioned about the incident outside.
Following this, the girl stopped going to school regularly. She made excuses of ill-health whenever her parents asked her to go to school.
Link: School principal, director held for raping minor
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