The accused was booked nether BNS sections 74 (assault against a pistillate to outrage her modesty), 79 (utters sounds oregon makes gestures to outrage the modesty of a woman), 78(2) (stalking), and 351(3) (criminal intimidation). (File photo)
A erstwhile worker of Indus University successful Ahmedabad was arrested connected Monday aft a pupil accused him of sexually assaulting her astatine her on-campus residence.
According to the FIR registered connected Sunday pursuing the student’s complaint, the accused, Mrudang Ganpatrai Dave was the Director of International Students astatine the university. She alleged that Dave would routinely participate her country and behave successful an obscene manner.
“Upon an enquiry astatine Indus University, we recovered that helium resigned from determination connected September 19 and was soon astir to determination to Kalol erstwhile the ailment was filed by the student,” said Inspector B T Gohil.
Describing an incidental connected September 11, the FIR alleged that erstwhile the complainant had gone to instrumentality nutrient from the room astatine astir 6.30 pm, Dave approached her from the backmost and said, “Kem cho? Maja ma cho?” (How are you? Are you fine?). When she turned to look him, the accused allegedly groped her. The pupil said that her fellow witnessed the incident.
The adjacent day, Dave allegedly threatened to termination her if she told anyone astir the incident. According to the complaint, helium allegedly kept stalking her and making obscene gestures, aft which the ailment decided to record a complaint.
Dave was booked nether BNS sections 74 (assault against a pistillate to outrage her modesty), 79 (utters sounds oregon makes gestures to outrage the modesty of a woman), 78(2) (stalking), and 351(3) (criminal intimidation).
“Dave was surviving with the planetary students successful what tin beryllium described arsenic a PG surviving arrangement, which had some men and women… (He is) a nonmigratory of Vadodara. Further probe is underway,” said Inspector Gohil.