A 50-year-old man, running an eatery, was arrested by the Madurai city police on Friday for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl.
According to the police, the accused K. Nagaraj, a resident of Sonaiya Nagar in Anuppanadi, was misbehaving with the child from the neighbourhood for the past one month.
On Thursday, the accused allegedly took the girl to a secluded place and sexually assaulted her. The girl’s mother and those in the neighbourhood got to know about the incident on hearing the cries of the child, police sources said.
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Based on a complaint made by the girl’s mother, the Tirupparankundram All Women Police registered a case under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against Nagaraj and arrested him.