A 44-year-old person was arrested by the All-Women Police Station, Teynampet, on charges of sexual harassment meted out to his 12-year-old daughter.
The suspect, Surendhar, a migrant worker from Bihar, is working as a mason in the city.
He was living with his wife and daughter.
As he continued to harass his daughter, his wife preferred a complaint with the police against her husband.