Man held for molesting minor

April 25, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:48 am IST - KOCHI:

The Mulanthuruthy police on Friday arrested a 42-year-old man on charges of sexually abusing a two-and-a-half –year-old girl.

According to police, the accused is said to have made sexual advances towards the girl on April 4 and touched her private parts when she was alone at the playschool run by his wife Mini near Pallithazham.

The incident came to light after the kid’s parents admitted her to hospital after she complained of pain in her private parts.

Detailed medical examinations showed that the girl had been sexually abused and based on a direction by the hospital authorities, her parents filed a police case. Cases have been booked against the accused under provisions of the Protection of Child from Sexual Offences Act.

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