Sunday, November 4, 2012

Nov 4, 2012: Ranchi hostel manager rapes girl seeking tuition

TNN | Nov 4, 2012, 01.38AM IST
RANCHI: A 17-year-old diploma student was raped by the manager of a city-based girls' hostel on Saturday morning when. The victim, who was seeking academic assistance Abhishek Srivastava, was alone in the hostel as her roommate was attending college. Srivastava, who manages a boys' and girls' hostel at Premnagar in Jagarnathpur, also lives in the same area 

Jagannathpur police station officer in-charge Anil Kumar said: "The accused has confessed and he has been sent to jail." The victim has been sent for medical test, he said 

On Saturday, the victim did not go to college, Vidya Memorial Institute of Technology in Tupudana, as she had to attend to some personal work. "Around 10am, Srivastava told me that he had some information about diploma courses and wanted to share it with me," the police quoted the victim as saying. In the FIR, the girl said that he raped her when she went into his room. Only a few students were at the hostel when the incident occurred. 

Devendra Shukla, investigating officer of the case, said: "Around 100 students live in the two-storied hostel on Road No 6." Srivastava hails from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and has been managing the hostels on contract with the landlords for the last few years. The owners of the hostel do not stay on the premise. An inmate of the hostel said, "The accused was of flirty nature and used to try to mingle with all the girls living here. The victim was new and was not aware of his character."
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