The principal of a school in Nawabganj area of Bareilly repeatedly raped a Dalit girl by blackmailing her with pornographic videos shot rape, police said on Tuesday.
The police have booked the principal and his associate while further investigation in the case is going on. The case has been registered at Nawabganj police station following a complaint filed by the victim.
In her complaint to the police, the girl student alleged that her school principal, Parshuram, took her to Nawabganj last year on the pretext of correcting a deficiency in her high school board form. On reaching Nawabganj, the principal raped her at gunpoint by taking her to a room, the girl alleged.
She said that the accused also shot an obscene video of her and threatened to make it viral if she complained.
According to the girl student, the principal called her several times after school hours and raped her by blackmailing her with the obscene video. She said when she refused to meet the accused in May he made the obscene video viral on social media and her family also saw the video.
The family later filed a report against Parshuram.
The police have started investigation by registering a case against Parshuram and one of his associates under Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe Act, Inspector-in-charge of Nawabganj police station, Rajeev Kumar Singh, said.
Singh said the accused would be arrested soon.
