Woman raped on agri university campus in Jabalpur; two held

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A 22-year-old pistillate was allegedly raped by a clerk of a State government-run assemblage connected the field connected the pretext of providing her a occupation astatine the installation successful Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city, constabulary said connected Saturday (December 27, 2025).

The constabulary connected Thursday (December 25, 2025) arrested Durga Shankar Singerha (58), an precocious part clerk (UDC), and Mukesh Sen, a peon, successful transportation with the battle that took spot connected the field of the Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University.

The survivor, a nonmigratory of the Tilwara area, came crossed accusation connected societal media astir contractual vacancies astatine the assemblage astir 20 days ago, Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar told reporters.

He said that portion searching for interaction details, the pistillate recovered a telephone fig for the vice-chancellor's office, and Singerha received her call, allegedly informed her astir the vacancies and asked her to travel to the assemblage with documents.

She reached the assemblage with documents the precise adjacent time and met Singerha, who assured her that helium could get her a occupation aft speaking to the vice-chancellor and asked her to enactment successful touch, the serviceman said.

According to the police, Singerha continued to conscionable the pistillate respective times successful the city, kept assuring her that the recruitment process was underway and that an interrogation would beryllium held soon.

The accused allegedly called her to the assemblage connected Thursday afternoon, claiming that an interrogation would beryllium scheduled shortly, they said.

He asked the subsister to travel to Sen's location situated connected the assemblage campus, and aft a chat, the accused peon near the room, bolting the doorway from outside.

"The woman, successful her complaint, alleged that Singerha raped her contempt her protests," the authoritative said.

Following the assault, the accused duo dropped her extracurricular the assemblage field and threatened her with defamation if she spoke astir the incident, and said she would get a occupation if she kept mum, constabulary said.

The pistillate aboriginal informed her household and lodged a ailment astatine Adhartal constabulary station, pursuing which some accused were arrested from their homes wrong hours, the ASP said.

The duo was produced earlier a tribunal connected Friday and were remanded successful judicial custody, helium added.

Published - December 27, 2025 12:03 p.m. IST

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