Himachal Pradesh: School principal rapes, assaults woman subordinate; FIR filed
Press Trust of India | June 27, 2025 | 03:06 PM IST | 1 min read
The woman, in her complaint, alleged that the principal forcibly engaged in physical relations with her and took objectionable photos of her, the police said.
SHIMLA: A principal of a private school in Theog area of Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla has been booked for allegedly raping, blackmailing and assaulting a woman subordinate, police said on Friday.
The woman, in her complaint, alleged that the principal forcibly engaged in physical relations with her and took objectionable photos of her, they said. The accused repeatedly raped by blackmaining her using the photos.
On March 25, when she resisted, he assaulted her with a belt and on May 24, he allegedly broke into her room, the woman alleged in her complaint.
Shimla Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi said the accused has been booked under BNS sections 64 (rape), 74 (assault), 79 (insulting a woman's modesty), 332(c) (house-trespass), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), and 3(5) (common intention in criminal acts). Further investigation is underway.
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