Lorry cleaner arrested for sexually assaulting 5-year old girl

A lorry cleaner has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a five-year old girl near Kadamadai, about 40 Kms from here.

The accused had taken the girl to his house at Siliyur yesterday and sexually assaulted her, police said, quoting a complaint by her mother.

He was produced before a court which remanded him in judicial custody, police added.