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 NEET medical entrance exam was allegedly raped and blackmailed for months by two known teachers from 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, which gave the survivor the courage to finally file a complaint.

Both teachers were 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. When the girl arrived at his apartment, however, she realized she was alone. She alleged that Siddiqui got her drunk, raped her and filmed the act.

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

The student said she went home to meet her parents around 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 went viral recently and he was released on bail. An official said this made the student overcome her fear of him and file 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 separate 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.”

(With contributions from Arun Agarwal)