Andhra Pradesh private-school teacher arrested under child protection law
Police in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, have arrested a private-school physical education teacher after a minor girl’s family filed a complaint alleging sexual assault. The case was registered under India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, and the accused was produced in court and remanded.
Police in Kuppam, in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, have arrested a physical education teacher at a private school on an allegation of sexually assaulting a minor girl student. The girl attends the school where the accused works, police said. Her family filed a complaint, following which officers registered a case under India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, known as POCSO.
The teacher was taken into custody on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The girl underwent a medical examination and her statement was recorded as part of the procedure, according to the supplied report. The accused was produced before a court and remanded.
The material does not identify the teacher or provide details of the allegation beyond the reported arrest and the legal action that followed. The arrest came less than a month after two government teachers in Kakinada were suspended over sexual-assault complaints made by students. The District Education Officer suspended a physical science teacher and a physical education teacher at government high schools on September 7, following departmental inquiries.
The cases involve allegations concerning students, but the supplied material does not state whether the Kakinada complaints resulted in criminal charges or further court proceedings. Childline, India’s child-protection helpline, can be reached at 1098 by children in distress or anyone with information about abuse.
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