Now, teacher alleges Girish Chandra Varma raped her for 15 years Rageshri Ganguly <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Rageshri-Ganguly.cms> , TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 09.21 PM IST
BHOPAL: In a surprising turn of events, a teacher of Maharishi Vidya Mandir (MVM) Ratanpur, who had earlier alleged sexual harassment <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/sexual-harassment> against chairman of the group Girish Chandra Varma <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Girish-Chandra-Varma> , went to the Mahila Thana <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/thana-electric-supply-co-ltd/stocks/com panyid-12537.cms> with her husband on Sunday to file an FIR <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/FIR> of repeated rape in the same case. Though the police did not register an FIR, the police station received her written complaint. The victim alleged that the police were under pressure from Varma and she would move court with a private complaint. In the fresh complaint, the teacher alleged that Varma not only repeatedly raped her for 15 years from 1998, but also wanted her to bring students and teachers of MVM <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/MVM> to him with bad intention. Also, she had alleged that Varma had threatened her and her husband with dire consequences, including death threats, if they did not comply with his wishes. After coming out of thana, she alleged, "the attitude of the investing officer of sexual harassment case changed after she received a call on her mobile phone and she said that the investigation of the previous complaint is still on and hence any action would be taken only after into the case of sexual harassment." IO Seema Patel, on the other hand, remained tight-lipped. _____ Victim, Girish Chandra Varma with sexual harassment threatens to commit suicide MUMBAI: The woman complainant who had charged Girish Chandra Varma of Maharshi Group <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Maharshi-Group> with sexual harassment and rape has threatened to commit suicide if police failed to register an FIR. The woman had on Sunday approached the police alleging that Varma, chairman of Maharishi Vidya Mandir (MVM) group, had raped her for 15 years. The couple also demanded that Varma should resign from the post of chairman on moral grounds. The complainant and wife of Rajesh Sharma told media at a press conference here on Monday that the only way left for her and her family was to commit suicide. "Unless the police register an FIR under sections of rape against Varma I would commit suicide in front of the chief minister's residence within a week," the complainant said. "We would have to take the Geetika Sharma way ( suicide )to convince the world that we are truthful," Sharma told the media. The couple also revealed the circumstances under which the victim was raped repeatedly by Girish Chandra Varma, including the last time on January 1, 2013 in his Audi <http://www.zigwheels.com/newcars/Audi> car. The couple questioned that when the new rape law is in place, why the FIR was not being registered. "In the name of investigation, police are just dilly dallying since March 11. When I have detailed out the circumstances of rape as asked by the police and have named Varma as the accused why an FIR is not being registered in this case?," the complainant alleged. "It is also highly objectionable that police are accepting Varma's statement provided to them in a CD rather than interrogating him face-to-face," she said. The victim in her complaint has stated that Varma possessed some objectionable pictures and videos of her taken during the rape, which he had threatened to make public unless she complied with his demands. "Since our families knew each other much before my marriage, I tried to sort out the matter at the women's panel. But since that has proved futile, the police should file an FIR in this matter," she said. The complaint also alleged that Varma had used her husband's e-mail account since October 2011 for sending mails and money transactions which later made out as proof <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Proof-(musician)> against her. "Also, my husband was made to sign on many blank papers while he was his personal secretary, which is now being used against him," she said. She reiterated that Mahila Thana <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/thana-electric-supply-co-ltd/stocks/com panyid-12537.cms> investigating officer (IO) Seema Patel initially heard her complaint on Sunday but then after a phone call received by her, refused to even hear her complaint and also slammed the state women's commission (SWC). 'Defamation does not hold good' A police officer told TOI, on condition of anonymity that the defamation case levelled by the complainant does not hold much water as the law says that till an FIR has been registered, no rule says that the name should be kept a secret. Also, the husband of the woman, Rajesh Sharma, had openly disclosed her name on Facebook.' Previously, the complaint filed in the women's cell was forwarded to the SP Bhopal <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bhopal> who on enquiry by the SDOP Misrod has the complainant's written statement that she doesn't want any police action in the case and proceedings of state women's commission (SWC) were enough. Meanwhile, ADG women's cell Aruna Mohan Rao told TOI, "We would examine all the allegations levelled by the complainant and conduct an enquiry into them. Any action however would be taken after seeking a legal opinion."
