THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 35-year-old man was on Tuesday arrested on charges of sexually exploiting a 12-year-old-boy. Fort police identified the accused as Nawas alias ‘Kaatu Nawas’. A resident of Karimadom colony, Nawas has earlier been jailed under KAAPA. According to police, the accused allegedly sexually abused his neighbour’s 12-year-old son on Monday. The locals caught the accused and handed him over to the police after the boy raised an alarm. The boy told the police that Nawas had been abusing him for the last two months. The accused has been remanded in judicial custody.