Her mother’s advice on how to react if anyone tried to touch her inappropriately kept a 10-year-old from being molested, or worse, by a tuition teacher from her building on Sunday. According to police officials, the accused, Anil Kille, lives in the same society as the survivor, in Bhandup. “The survivor lives on the 11th floor, while Kille stays on the 8th floor.

The 10-year-old would go to the 8th floor often to play with one of her friends, and she would sometimes stop to play with Kille’s two-year-old daughter as well,” said an official from Bhandup police station. Around 7.30pm on Sunday, the Std IV student went to the 8th floor and learnt that her friend had gone out. She saw that Kille’s daughter was sleeping and decided to sit next to the 2-year-old.