MADURAI: A 51-year-old man was arrested for sexually harassing his minor daughter in Madurai district.
The accused is a driver with Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation.
Police said his 17-year-old daughter was studying in a school in a village near Kodaikanal town. She was staying in a hostel on the school premises. As the school was shut due to Covid-19 outbreak, she returned home.
On Wednesday, her father hugged and touched her inappropriately. He refused to let her go even after she screamed and warned him not to do so.
She informed the incident to other members of the family, who in turn alerted police.
Based on a complaint from the girl, the accused was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Inspector Suthanthira Devi, who conducted an inquiry, arrested the accused on the same day. He was produced before a judicial magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.