As reported by PTI on July 26, 2010
A 20-year-old student allegedly raped his college mate at his residence in suburban Chembur at knifepoint, police said today.
The student, identified as Pankaj Mishra, 20, a student of the Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) course, was arrested yesterday from his residence after the 17-year-old girl lodged a complaint, BB Rathod, senior inspector at the Chembur police station, said.
Mishra and the victim, a first-year student of a mass media course, both study in Vivekanand College in Chembur.
The accused was booked for rape (section 376 of the Indian Penal Code), wrongful restraint (section 341), and wrongful confinement (section 342).
According to the police, Mishra and the victim became friends through Facebook in the second week of June. Later, they discovered that they were studying in the same college.
“As they met in college later, they became good friends. The victim told Mishra that she had to complete one project assigned by her professor in the class. Mishra called her to his home on July 20 saying he had done similar projects when he was in the first year and he could help her in completing it. She went to his house on that day,” Rathod added.
The next day again, she went to the accused’s house but Mishra threatened her with a knife to stay back when she wanted to leave in the evening, the police said.
At around 11.30 pm, Mishra sexually abused her and let her go home the next day, the police said.
The victim told her parents, who work in separate private firms, how the accused threatened her with a knife and sexually abused her, the police said, adding that the victim lodged the complaint yesterday.
Mishra’s father works in the same college, police said adding that the victim was taken to Nagpada police hospital for a medical examination and that further a probe was on.
