A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a girl in suburban Pantnagar, the city police said on Friday.
The incident took place on Thursday evening when the girl, who is 12 years old, was returning home from a market, a police official said.
Accused Salim Babu Shaikh, who lives in the same locality, accosted her and took her to an isolated place where he allegedly showed her a porn clip and molested her.
The girl told her parents about the incident, following which they filed a police complaint, the official said.
A case under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping), 354 (molestation) and 506 (criminal intimidation) alongwith the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered against Shaikh and he was arrested.
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