AHMEDABAD: A 42-year-old man, who taught at the Thaltej branch of a famous coaching institute, has been arrested for raping a female student several times between 2016 and 2019.
The accused, identified as Thaltej resident Mayank Dixit, had allegedly shot the act on his phone and used it to blackmail her into yielding to his demands. He also allegedly threatened to post the videos online if the victim, now 21, agreed to marry anyone.
The 42-year-old was a science teacher and motivational speaker at Allen Institute, a centre that offers training for JEE and NEET aspirants, in 2016 when he first met the victim. “Being a motivational speaker, he would speak about life and its philosophy to his students. The victim, who was just 16 years old, became impressed by him. He would give her extra time after classes. After one of their classes in August 2016, he took her to a friend’s place in Thaltej where he raped her the first time,” said an officer from Vastrapur police station.
He allegedly recorded videos of the offence and used it to blackmail and rape her at different places in Thaltej and Bodakdev.
“Recently, the victim told him that her family had been receiving marriage proposals for her. This did not go down well with the accused who threatened to post her videos online if she agreed to a match,” said police.
Scared, the 21-year-old went into depression and remained confined in her room. Seeing the change in her behaviour, her parents and relatives got concerned.
When they asked her what was wrong, she gathered the courage and told her about her ordeal. The elders encouraged her to approach the police.
Vastrapur police filed a complaint of rape along with the charges under sections of Protection Of Children against Sexual Offences Act and arrested the accused on Wednesday.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
