Parul University president booked for allegedly raping nursing student

Vadodara

Chairman and president of Vadodara based Parul University Dr Jayesh Patel has been booked under the charges of rape and issuing threat by Waghodia police.

A girl student of Nursing alleged that woman rector of Nursing hostel took her to Dr. Jayesh Patel by force and she was raped by Dr Patel. She said Patel threatened her to rusticate from college.

In response to this complaint, Waghodia police initiated medical test procedure of ‘victim’ girl.

Girl student in her complaint said she was from Balashinor and living in Parul University’s nursing hostel. On Thursday night, hostel rector Bhavnaben Patel took her to Dr Jayesh Patel by force, after which she was raped. She said she was again told to go to Dr Patel, and therefore she contacted government run Abhayam helpline on toll free number 181. Abhayam team immediately reached Parul University and took girl to Waghodia police station where she filed complaint against rector Bhavnaben Patel and Parul University head Jayesh Patel.

‘Victim’ girl alleged that after rape on Thursday night she was threatened for rustication if whatever happened to her is revealed.

She said: Bhavnaben dropped me on 16 June. Four girls from second year Homeopathic course were having beer with Jayesh Patel. Jayesh Patel offered me beer, but I refused and said I don’t consume beer. Meanwhile three girls left the room. Jayesh Patel took my mobile phone and switched it off. One girl from Homeopathic course was still left in the room. Jayesh Patel asked her to go to other room so that he can talk to me. After that girl left the room, Jayesh Patel started removing my cloths. He applied tube on my private part and then raped me. Jayesh Patel asked me not to tell to anyone and told me to take Rs 3,000 daily from him. He also said that I would be allowed to go out of the campus anytime and noone would disturb her.

Police has formed four separate teams in search of Dr Jayesh Patel.

Situated at Limbda village, Parul University has 150 acre campus. It has over 28 institutes and 25,000 students.

PTI reports: A 21-year-old nursing student today filed a rape case against a prominent educational entrepreneur and founder-president of the privately-owned Parul University located at Waghodia near here, police said.

The complainant also accused the woman rector of the girls’ hostel of the nursing institute affiliated to the university, where she is studying, of abetting the crime, police said.

In the FIR, the complainant said she was raped by the accused Jayesh Patel (66) at his residence, located near the girls’ hostel, after the rector Bhavnaben Patel took her there, Vadodara Rural SP Saurabh Tolambiya said.

The victim said she was taken to the residence of Patel last night, following which he raped her. After the alleged crime, he threatened to rusticate her from the institute and fail her in her nursing course in case she revealed it to anyone, police said.

She said she was also taken to his house on Thursday night, although no crime had taken place then.

Bhavnaben was in the know of the crime and in fact facilitated it, the victim said in the complaint.

A case was lodged at Waghodia poolice station against Patel under sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, while Bhavnaben has been booked under 114 (abetment), police said.

In the past, Patel had contested state assembly elections twice as Congress candidate against sitting BJP MLA Madhu Srivastava, but lost both the times. He had recently joined the BJP.