the student were “made for each other.” Following this, the student met the teacher, who picked him up in her car, took him to an isolated location, and forcefully assaulted him. The teacher also reportedly gave the student anti-anxiety medication when he developed severe anxiety in the following days. The seized sedan has been taken into police custody as evidence.
The teacher is also accused of taking the student to various five-star hotels in South Mumbai and near the airport, where they engaged in multiple sexual encounters. Police added that the teacher often intoxicated the student before these encounters. The arrest has shocked the school community, which counts many prominent alumni. Months into the abuse, the student’s family noticed behavioral changes and confronted him, but chose to remain silent initially, hoping the teacher would stop as he was close to finishing school.
Earlier this year, after passing his Board exams and leaving school, the student fell into depression. The situation escalated when the teacher attempted to contact him again through his domestic staff, prompting the family to file a complaint. Police have registered cases under various sections of the POCSO Act, including penetrative and aggravated penetrative sexual assault, as well as abetment of offences, along with relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The teacher has been remanded in police custody until Wednesday.
