Kanpur gym trainer raped minor, held her hostage, arrested nearly 2 years later

A Class 11 student was raped by a Kanpur-based gym trainer after she was sedated and was held hostage for several months. The accused was arrested nearly two years when the victim filed a case against him and court's intervention in the matter.

A gym trainer has been arrested in Kanpur for raping a minor, who used to train at his gym, after injecting her with a sedative. The accused was arrested following court intervention after the police did not take action despite a case registered against him one-and a-half-years ago.

The incident occurred when the victim, then in Class 11, had visited the gym in the Fazalganj area in 2021. At that time, the gym trainer, Arjun Singh, introduced himself and asked for the girl's mobile number, but she refused. The accused later got her mobile number after paying Rs 20,000 to the gym operator, and started pressuring her to meet him.

Singh started giving her an intoxicating powder in the gym, which made her addicted to it. He then called her to his house and injected her with a sedative, which is used during horse races, and raped her multiple times when she was not in her senses.

The accused also made a video of her and kept her hostage for several months. He threatened to make the victim's video viral and used to provoke her to kill herself so that he could make it a case of suicide.

The victim managed to inform her parents about her ordeal. When her parents went to file a complaint, police allegedly refused to file a complaint. Subsequently, the family rescued the girl and filed a complaint with the police in 2023. Despite this, the accused was not arrested.

Frustrated with the delay in justice, the victim approached the Allahabad High Court and demanded action in the case. The High Court took note of the matter and ordered the police commissioner to submit an affidavit. Following that, a chargesheet was filed and the accused was arrested on Monday.

The incident came close on the heels of another incident, also involving a gym trainer in Kanpur, who killed a 32-year-old woman, with whom he was in a relationship, after she objected to his engagement to another woman. The gym trainer buried her body in the city's posh area.