VILLUPURAM: A 62-year-old man was arrested by the Kottakuppam All-Women Police for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl near Marakkanam in Villupuram on Sunday.
Police identified the accused as N Kanniyappan, a carpenter from a village near Marakkanam. Police said the incident took place on Saturday when Kanniyappan allegedly called the Class 5 student living near his house, and asked her to buy a vada from a shop.
After she returned, he allegedly gave it to her, asked her to sit beside him and inappropriately touched her. The girl later informed her mother about the incident.
Based on a complaint by the girl’s mother, the Kottakuppam All-Women Police registered a case under the relevant Pocso Act. Kanniyappan was arrested, produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody, police said.