June 2026, New Delhi: A busy residential-cum-commercial pocket in Delhi, under the jurisdiction of the Ashok Vihar police station, has been upended following the arrest of a private tutor, Mohammed Imran. The arrest came after multiple minor female students came forward with allegations of sexual harassment.
The police investigation has revealed a pattern of behavior that went unnoticed for months, coming to light only after a Class 12 student broke her silence.
The First Breakthrough
The matter first reached the police on June 1, 2026, when a Class 12 student returned home from the tuition center and narrated her ordeal to her parents. According to her statement recorded in the first information report (FIR No. 200/2026), the tutor, 35-year-old Mohammed Imran, had called the student to his center under the pretext of clearing academic doubts. Once alone, he allegedly groped her.
Following the family’s complaint, the Ashok Vihar police registered the first case and initiated an investigation.
A Pattern Emerged
The initial arrest acted as a catalyst for the local community. In the days following the incident, residents organized a meeting to discuss the situation and support the affected family. During this gathering, a deeper, more systemic issue surfaced.
Several other girls from the neighborhood revealed that they had faced similar inappropriate behaviour from Imran. A common thread emerged among many families: their daughters had enrolled at Imran’s center, only to abruptly quit after a single week of a month, and in at least two cases – in a day.
At the time, the girls had told their parents they were leaving simply because they “didn’t understand his teaching methods”—a defense mechanism, parents now realize, used to mask their discomfort and fear.
Multiple FIRs Registered
As more children spoke out, additional formal complaints were lodged. On June 9, 2026, a week after the first case, the Ashok Vihar police registered two more separate cases: FIR No 207 and 208.
In these subsequent filings, two more survivors recorded their formal statements with the police, detailing how Imran had touched them inappropriately during regular class sessions.
The investigating police officer in the case confirmed to Rashtra Jyoti that all the survivors who have come forward to file formal FIRs so far belong to the Hindu community.
Field Visit by Rashtra Jyoti
When Rashtra Jyoti visited the spot to assess the ground reality, a stark picture of community angst emerged. Local residents revealed that the three official FIRs represent only a fraction of the actual number of victims.
A resident said that during the community meeting, several parents chose not to file official police complaints, citing a desire to avoid legal complications and protect their children from public scrutiny. Residents said that if every student who faced harassment had filed an FIR, the total number of cases would easily cross 20.
One of the three complainants spoke to us, recalling her ordeal:
“I live right opposite his coaching centre. Maybe that’s why he spared me all this time. I never interacted with any other student, so I didn’t know about others. He groped me after I told him I was going to quit the center as my last exam of Class 12 was due.”
Local parents added that Imran likely miscalculated the community’s response. Neighbuors noted that he probably did not expect the Hindu families in the area to unite and identify a collective pattern. “At most, he was thinking he would be asked to leave the area,” a resident remarked, suggesting the tutor expected a quiet eviction rather than an arrest and a prison sentence.
The physical presence of the coaching center has already been dismantled. The ground floor of the building where Imran operated, which belongs to a Hindu landlord, has been vacated. Neighbours have taken down the commercial board of the coaching centre, which now sits discarded outside on the street.
In response to the development, Sewa Nyaya Utthan Foundation has taken the matter to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to demand a deeper, more comprehensive scrutiny of the cases, while simultaneously organizing counselling sessions for the traumatised minor victims.
Imran remains in judicial custody as the Ashok Vihar police continue their investigation.
