HoD at JNTU held for 'raping' guest faculty

Sat, 13 December 2025

01:14

A head of department in the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Hyderabad was arrested on charges of rape following a complaint by a former guest faculty of the institution, the police said on Friday.

The complainant had worked with the HoD and the two had developed intimacy, they said.

The accused allegedly had sexual intercourse with her in a car three-four months ago.

The woman was, however, removed from the job subsequently.

She lodged the complaint two days ago following which he was arrested, police said.

In a separate incident in the city, a woman software professional who allegedly branded a boy with a hot spatula was arrested, the police said.

The seven-year-old boy is a son of the woman's domestic help and she used to provide free tuition to him at home, they said.

The woman claimed that she branded the boy with the spatula as he was not focusing on studies, the police added. -- PTI

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