Student Hangs Self After Teacher Files Rape Complaint Against Him In Indore

Indore: In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old student allegedly committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city hours after a woman teacher lodged a rape complaint against him to the police. Reportedly hours after the police recorded his statement in connection with the complaint filed by his English teacher, the Bachelor of Pharmacy student hanged himself to death.

The incident occurred on Tuesday night, following which he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead. The body was preserved in the mortuary for post-mortem and legal proceedings were initiated.

The parents of the deceased, however, claimed that their son was being blackmailed by the woman.

A senior police official stated that the deceased, a resident of Indore, was noticed hanging in his room by his sister. The information was later passed to the police.

"A 25-year-old teacher from a coaching centre had lodged a complaint of rape against him three days earlier and the police were investigating the charges against him. The student was called to the police station and his statement was recorded. He was let off after that," he said to the news agency PTI.

The exact reason behind his extreme step is yet to be known and investigation into the case was on, the official said.

The victim's father said his son was under immense depression as he was being blackmailed by his former English tutor.

"She was a few years older than him and as far as her allegation of rape against him is concerned, I don't have any idea...But I have shared screenshots of her messages on social media platforms in which she gave threats to him about complaining of rape," he said.

The police are probing the incident, the official added.