-
ALSO READ
Investment firm's guard abducted, thrashed; four booked Chinese passenger arrested for refusing to put handbag through 'dirty' scanner To avoid custodial deaths, 410 CCTV cameras for 25 police Goa deploys aerial surveillance system for crime prevention New footage may offer lead in minor's rape, murder in Pakistan -
A 57-year-old security guard was today arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl, police said.
"The accused Harishchandra Pal worked at a housing complex in Morivali of Ambernath," Thane Police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.
Pal yesterday took the five-year-old girl, while she was playing in an open area of the society, to the parking space and molested her, Narkar said.
Following a complaint, a case under section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 was registered at the Badlapur (West) Police station, Narkar said, adding a probe was on.
(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
RECOMMENDED FOR YOU