Manipuri girl alleges molestation by teacher

New Delhi, June 18: An 18-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly molested by her teacher at a tuition center in Mukherjee Nagar area of north-west Delhi on Thursday (June 18) afternoon. The accused has been arrested following a complaint from the girl. The victim is a first-year undergraduate student of a North Campus college and belongs to Manipur.

Ironically, she used to go to the tuition centre in Vijay Nagar area to learn Hindi. Her efforts to improve her communication skills in the language that the city speaks brought her face to face with a harsh reality: she was allegedly sexually harassed by Yogesh Kumar Arora (32), who used to give her the lessons in Hindi.

Police said the student had joined the coaching institute on June 10 this year. "Yogesh, one of the teachers at the institute, started making sexual advances towards her right from the beginning. This culminated in the incident on Thursday which finally drove her to the police,'' said a senior police officer.

"The girl initially kept quiet but when Yogesh persisted, she protested and warned him, but he threatened her. Finally, he forced himself on the girl but she managed to raise an alarm and run away,'' added the officer.

On Thursday evening, the victim narrated the incident to her brother after which she lodged a complaint with the police along with the north-east student council members at Mukherjee Nagar police station, said N S Bundela, DCP (northwest). "We then arrested him,'' he said.

The president of the city's NE helpline, Lansinglu Rongmei, said, "We came to know about the complaint from the victim's brother after which we approached the police.'' A case under section 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) has been registered. The victim has been living in the city for the past one year along with her brother.

This year there have already been 200 cases of molestation in the Capital. Last year, there had been strong protests from north-east organisations after a spate of molestation incidents, including several cases involving those appearing for the Delhi Police exams.

Source: Times of India