Man held for molesting minor girl

Coimbatore: A 39-year-old man was arrested on Friday for molesting a 10-year-old girl in Tirupur city.
Police identified the accused as K Abdul Rasheed, who was working in a banian company. He was staying in a rented house in the city with his wife and two children.
Rasheed’s wife had left for her brother’s house along the children some days ago after the couple had an altercation, a police officer said. “On Thursday evening, Rasheed lured the girl into his house by promising to get her a laptop to play games and molested her. The girl managed to escape and told her mother about the incident. The mother lodged a complaint with the Tirupur North all women police on Friday.”
Police registered a case under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012 and arrested Rasheed on Friday night. He was lodged in the Dharapuram sub-jail.