Police on Wednesday arrested a private school owner, Bibhuti Gupta, for allegedly raping a woman at Bondamunda of the steel city.
As per the complaint, elder sister of a student of the private school located in Sector-1 of Bondamunda met the Gupta requesting him to allow her some more time to pay pending school fees of six months. Citing the poor financial condition of her family, the woman sought more time to pay the school fees of her younger brother.
But Gupta assured the woman to waive her younger brother’s school fees. Also, the accused promised the woman to provide a job.
With all these promises, Gupta raped the woman on several occasions in the past six months. Instead of providing a job, the school owner issued life threats to the woman, the complaint
stated.
Following this, the woman sought an intervention of Rourkela SP K Siva Subramani. Based on the complaint, the Bondamunda police detained the school owner for questioning.
Later, the woman was sent for a medical examination. Sources said the accused is an active member of a political party.