Six-year-old boy allegedly assaulted sexually by auto driver

: A six-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted sexually by his 20-year-old brother-in-law in the Trimulgherry area here, a police official said here today.

Trimulgherry police station inspector R S Raju said that on May 22, the accused Raja, who is an autorickshaw driver, took the boy from his house under the pretext of offering him a chocolate and allegedly had unnatural sex with him.

The boy informed the matter to his parents who lodged a police complaint, based on which, a case was booked and Raja was arrested, the police official said.