Nagpur:
A forty five-year-old psychologist was arrested in Nagpur for allegedly blackmailing and sexually exploiting at the least 50 of his college students over the previous 15 years, a police official mentioned on Monday.
The accused, who operated a clinic and residential program in east Nagpur, faces expenses beneath Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Hudkeshwar police station official mentioned.
“The psychologist allegedly lured college students, significantly ladies, with guarantees of non-public {and professional} growth. He organized journeys and camps the place he would sexually abuse them, take specific pictures, and later use these to blackmail them. The incident got here to gentle after a former pupil, who was being blackmailed by the accused, approached the police,” he mentioned.
A number of victims are married and could also be hesitant to method police to file complaints, the official added.
Police have fashioned a particular committee to help victims and guarantee an intensive investigation, the official added.
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