Cuddalore: The 16-year-old boy was arrested on Monday on charges of sexual harassment a four-year-old girl in a village in the Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.
He was produced before the Youth Justice Council sent him to the observation house in Cuddalore City.
Police Inspector Kumaratchi C Amutha, who is also responsible for the supervisor of the Kattumannarkoil police station, said the boy, drop out of school, saw a four-year-old girl playing outside his home on July 17.
He lured him to a remote place near the playground in the area and abused him sexually.
The girl managed to tell her mother about her incident and her mother prefers to file a complaint with the police Kattushoil on Sunday.
The police sent the girl to the Cuddalore Government General Hospital for medical examinations to ensure allegations of sexual violence.
The police posted a teenage boy under it 5 (penetrative sexual attacks that were exacerbated), 5 (m) (anyone who conducted a penetrative sexual attack on children under twelve years) and 6 (punishment due to penetrative sexual attacks were compounded) from child protection Children from sexual work (Pocso) acts.
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