Trustee of pvt school rapes divorcee promising marriage, held

Surat: Police have arrested the trustee of a private international school for allegedly raping a woman along with his friend at a farmhouse in Kamrej on Friday.
Paresh Puna Talavia, a resident of River Heaven apartment at Yamuna Chowk in Mota Varachha and trustee of a private international school in Velanja village in Kamrej had come in contact with the victim, a divorcee and mother of two teenage children, about a year ago.
The woman and her children stay in a house adjoining Talavia’s relative’s in Mota Varachha.
According to the police, the accused would visit his relative’s house frequently and developed relations with the survivor. He then started to placate her with false promises of marriage. On Wednesday, he took her to a farmhouse located in Astha village in Kamrej taluka and there raped her along with one of his accomplice identified as Sanjay Dhanani.
Police sub-inspector, SR Modi said, “The survivor is a divorcee and was searching for a life partner to take care of her kids. At the same time, she met the accused who lured her into having physical relationship proposing marriage for multiple times in the last one year.”
Cops said that Talavia went to the survivor’s residence on Wednesday night and demanded physical relation in the presence of her two children. When she protested, the accused brandished a revolver and threatened the kids to remain silent. After a couple of hours, the accused then forcefully took the woman in his car to his farmhouse in Kamrej.
Modi said that the survivor told the police that she was raped by two persons at the farmhouse in Kamrej that night. After the ordeal she approached the police and lodged a rape complaint against them, the officer said.
Modi stated that the police have arrested Paresh Talavia and a manhunt has been launched to trace absconding Rakesh Dhanani.