Kanpur: A Kanpur gym trainer was arrested for allegedly assaulting a minor he trained after injecting her with a sedative. The arrest came only after the Allahabad High Court intervened, as police reportedly did not act on a complaint filed over a year and a half ago.
The incident took place in 2021 when the victim, then a Class 11 student, joined a gym in the Fazalganj area. The trainer, Arjun Singh, initially approached her for her contact details, which she refused to provide. Singh later reportedly paid the gym operator Rs 20,000 to obtain her number and began pressuring her to meet with him, according to an India Today report.
Trainer Injected Victim With Sedative Before Alleged Sexual Assault
He allegedly started giving the minor a substance in the gym to create dependency, leading her to develop an addiction. Singh then called her to his house, where he injected her with a sedative, allegedly assaulted her multiple times and recorded the incidents on video. He reportedly used the footage to threaten her, pressuring her to stay silent and allegedly provoking her to harm herself.
Eventually, the girl informed her family of the abuse and her parents sought to file a complaint. However, local authorities reportedly refused to register it initially. When the police did not take action even after the complaint was registered, the family turned to the Allahabad High Court for help. The court then ordered police intervention, resulting in a chargesheet and Singh’s arrest on Monday.
Kanpur Woman Killed By Gym Trainer
This incident follows another in Kanpur, where a gym trainer allegedly murdered a woman he had been involved with after she objected to his engagement to another person, later burying her body in a posh area of the city. The body was recovered by cops after four months of the killing.
