70-year old man arrested for sexual harassment of minor girl

A 70-year old man was arrested on Tuesday on charges of sexual harassment of a minor girl, his neighbour, near here, police said.

He sexually harassed the girl on Monday evening after calling her to come to his home under the pretext of seeking some help, they said.

Finding her school bag lying in front of their neighbour's house, the parents of the girl went there and found him trying to molest the class IX student.

Based on a complaint from the parents, police arrested the man under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act.

He was later produced before a court which remanded him to 15 days judicial custody.

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