TNN | Nov 13, 2011, 05.00AM IST
PANAJI: A 30-year-old man was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a four-year-old child at Calangute on Saturday.
The arrest followed a complaint by the victim's mother to the Calangute police early Saturday morning that her minor daughter was sexually assaulted by the accused, who resided in her neighborhood at Calangute.
The incident took place between November 9 and November 10, the victim's mother told the Calangute police. The complainant said that according to her daughter, the accused touched her private parts. The cook is employed at a hotel in Calangute. The matter came to light after the girl complained of pain in her stomach and private parts to her mother.
When questioned, the minor revealed that the accused lured her to his flat by offering her chocolates. Once inside the flat, the accused sexually abused her.
The girl was sent for medical examination to Goa medical college and hospital at Bambolim.
The medical examination also confirmed that there was evidence of sexual assault.
Calangute police have booked an offence under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of IndianPenal Code (IPC) and Section 8 (sexual assault) of the Goa Children's Act.
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