Man held for sexually assaulting girl

A 24-year-old labourer was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a college girl at Veeraganur near here, police said today.

The man came to the house of the girl last week and took her to a secluded place and sexually assaulted her. He repeated the crime few days later.

The parents of the girl lodged a police complaint after the girl informed about the incident to them.

He was arrested under various sections of IPC and Protection of Child Harassment Act, police said.