Bengaluru: A teacher, who gave private tuitions, was arrested by the HSR Layout police for allegedly raping a minor girl on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Biju (40), a resident of HSR Layout. Biju, who was giving private tuitions to school children at his residence, had asked the
10-year-old victim to come for the class one hour prior to the designated time on September 3. As the victim reached the class, the accused allegedly went close to the victim and sexually assaulted her. He was holding tuitions for the last two years.
The incident came to light on Tuesday night when the victim refused to go the school and began to weep in front of her parents. When the parents asked her, she narrated the incident to them, following which they lodged a complaint in the HSR Layout police station on Wednesday morning.
The police have arrested Biju and booked him under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
