In an outrageous incident, a 12-year-old boy was allegedly raped by his tuition teacher repeatedly. The man also threatened to end his own life if the boy revealed the matter to his parents.

The 12-year-old boy from Gujarat's Ahmedabad was apparently enrolled for tuitions as his school had been shut down as a result of the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The accused, identified as 21-year-old Parth, allegedly sodomized the boy and threatened to kill himself if the boy did not co-operate or mentioned about the same to his parents. "After 4-5 days, the boy stopped attending tuitions. Recently, the child complained of pain in his private parts and his parents took him to a doctor after which the ordeal was revealed. The child told his parents that the tutor told him that he would kill himself if he revealed it to his parents," a police officer reportedly stated. The boy later suffered from diarrhoea for over a month and did not get better despite taking medications. When his parents took him to a hospital, the doctor found after examination that there had been anal penetration on the boy. When the parents probed him further, the 12-year-old disclosed the fact that he was being sexually assaulted by his teacher.

Investigation of the matter by the police confirmed the same. An FIR has been registered against the accused under Section 377 (unnatural sex) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). He has been arrested and remanded in judicial custody.