Daijiworld Media Network - Kalaburagi (SP)

Kalaburagi, Mar 2: The news of a young boy eloping with his teacher aged 40 has created a sense of dismay and concern in the city. At the same time, there has been widespread condemnation of the teacher for corrupting a young mind and taking him away from the love and care of his parents.

A 16-year-old boy, who reportedly has fallen into the love trap of his 40-year-old teacher, has remained untraceable now. The boy, it is said, deserted his parents and ran away from home about three months back. His parents have made all efforts to find him out, but have no clues about his current whereabouts. Aghast, they have now approached police department with the hope that police personnel may find the boy out.

The boy who went away from his home hails from Sheikh Roza extension in the city. The boy came into contact with the lady teacher when studying in tenth standard. The two came close and even developed physical relationship, it is said. The school management removed the teacher from their rolls. Even thereafter, the teacher kept contact with the boy by providing a cellphone to him. It is said that the boy started to reach home late in the night from school. The parents used every trick up their sleeves to infuse good sense in the mind of the boy, but failed.

After the boy passed SSLC examination, he was admitted into the pre-university (science) class of a prestigious private institution in the city. The parents say that the teacher continued to have tight grip over the mind of the boy. They claim that misguided and pressurized by the said teacher, their son ran away from home on November 15, 2016, never to be seen again. They have alleged in their complaint filed in Ashoknagar police station here that the lady teacher in question has abducted their son. The police, who have registered a case, are learnt to have transferred the case to Chowk police station, which is the jurisdictional station of the residence of the boy.

The parents claim that the boy was made to consume sleeping pills by the teacher, after which she used him for satiating her desires. Police circle inspector of Chowk station, Rajashekar Haligodi, says that the police have already summoned the parents of the boy and the teacher in question and questioned them. He said that it is not possible to confirm at this stage whether the boy was abducted or not. He added that the department is verifying the cellphone call details with the hope that the conversation details might be able to throw more light on the case.