Former college director booked for blackmailing,raping lecturer

The lecturer lodged a complaint of rape against Durairaj at the Chaturshringi police station on Wednesday. Police sub inspector A S Phalle,who is investigating the case,said Durairaj could not be traced. She had earlier filed a complaint against Durairaj with the college authorities. “The Spicer College authorities had conducted an inquiry and found Durairaj guilty and suspended him on September 21.”

The Pune rural police had on September 23 held three persons,including a school teacher Wilson Jack (32),a resident of Satara Road,and two peons of Spicer College — Lakhan Kamble (21) from Mulshinagar and Ravi Vinayak Avtade (26) from Parvati — for demanding a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from Durairaj.

The trio allegedly told Durairaj that they knew about his sexual relationship with the lecturer. The suspects then made threats to kill his family members if the money was not paid to them. Following this,Durairaj approached the rural police and filed a complaint. A team of rural police laid a trap and nabbed the three suspects at Loni Kalbhor.

“Jack was about to marry the lecturer. He and his two accomplices,who are peons in Spicer College,conspired to extort money from Durairaj,saying that they knew about his affair with the lecturer,” Phalle said. “Investigations revealed that Durairaj has sexually exploited the lecturer. So when the police questioned her,she filed a complaint of rape against Durairaj. She said she was helpless as Durairaj had blackmailed her with the photographs. We have not recovered the photographs as Durairaj has gone absconding.”