A private tuition teacher in Lucknow’s Sushant Golf City area has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old Dalit girl, a Class 9 student, multiple times over a period of nearly three weeks. The accused, identified as Veer Singh Yadav, allegedly visited the girl’s home to teach her and misused that access to carry out the alleged abuse between 22 January and 12 February 2026.
The assaults reportedly resulted in the minor becoming pregnant, after which the accused allegedly forced her to undergo an abortion. The crime came to light when the girl’s health deteriorated following the procedure, and she confided in her mother.
A complaint was filed on 21 February, and police arrested Yadav within 48 hours on 23 February, following directions from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nipun Agarwal. A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and other relevant sections of Indian law.
A Home Turned into a Crime Scene
The victim, originally from Bijnor district, currently lives with her family near Gomti Enclave in Lucknow. Her parents are government employees. A detail that underscores how this crime can strike even households with stable incomes and apparent social safeguards. According to the FIR, Veer Singh Yadav was engaged as a home tutor for the girl and used his access to the family’s residence to allegedly threaten and assault her on repeated occasions.
Police records indicate the alleged abuse took place between 22 January and 12 February, during which time the accused is said to have exploited and intimidated the minor into silence. When the girl became pregnant, Yadav allegedly administered medicines to covertly induce an abortion, rather than seeking medical care. It was only when the child’s health worsened significantly that she gathered the courage to tell her mother the full truth. A painful disclosure that finally set the wheels of justice in motion.
Swift Police Action, But a Larger Pattern of Concern
Following the mother’s complaint on 21 February, DCP Nipun Agarwal directed immediate action, and the accused was arrested and sent to jail on 23 February.The charges filed, under POCSO and the SC/ST Atrocities Act-reflect the layered nature of the crime, which targeted not only a minor but also a member of a historically marginalised community.The swift arrest has been noted, but the case also arrives in the context of a troubling pattern in Uttar Pradesh.
In a related instance from the same city, a Lucknow court in February 2026 sentenced a teacher named Manish Pandey to life imprisonment for a similar crime committed in 2023, where he had raped a Class 9 student and used a recording to blackmail her into repeated assaults. These cases, taken together, point to a systemic vulnerability in the informal private tutoring ecosystem, one that operates largely without regulation, background verification, or oversight, leaving children exposed to those who abuse positions of trust.
The Logical Indian’s Perspective
There is something uniquely devastating about crimes committed by those we invite into our homes to nurture our children. A tutor is not merely a service provider, they occupy a position of profound trust, often left alone with young students in the belief that education is a safe space. When that trust is shattered, the damage runs far deeper than the crime itself: it silences children who fear they will not be believed, and it burdens families with shame they did not earn.
The fact that this survivor, despite enduring physical pain and months of alleged intimidation and fear, ultimately found the strength to speak must be recognised as an act of extraordinary courage. But courage alone should not be the primary safeguard between a child and abuse.
India’s POCSO Act is among the most stringent child protection laws in the world, yet its effectiveness depends entirely on swift registration of complaints, sensitive handling of survivors, and a social environment where children feel safe enough to report abuse without delay. The double vulnerability of this child, a minor and a Dalit girl, is a reminder that marginalised communities face compounded barriers to justice.
