Visakhapatnam: Law student rapes junior in apartment

Visakhapatnam: A first-year law student of Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) was allegedly raped by her senior, who was under the influence of alcohol. The incident took place after a party in an apartment under MVP police station limits on Thursday.  

The accused, 22-year-old Rishabh Singh, is a fourth-year law student of DSNLU and a native of Bihar. The 19-year-old victim is a native of Lucknow. She had joined DSNLU in July this year and was staying in a private hostel.

According to sources, on Wednesday night, the victim had gone to an apartment in Sector-9 of MVP Colony where four second-year girls were living. MVP police station inspector S. Vidyasagar said Rishabh and the victim had consumed liquor but they are yet to establish whether the other girls were also drunk or not.

After the party, the victim and Singh slept in the living room with another girl while other three girls slept in the two bedrooms. The girls later said that they were not aware when Singh raped the victim as they didn’t hear any cries.

The victim approached the police saying Singh raped her at around 4 am on Thursday despite resistance.