A 55-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl under the pretext of giving her chilled water to drink in the Borivali area of Mumbai. According to police, the accused, Ram Lalit Yadav, threatened the girl with dire consequences after committing the crime in his shanty on Sunday afternoon, April 20.
A police official said the parents of the girl were worried about her changed behaviour as she stopped talking and looked scared. "After she narrated her ordeal, the parents approached MHB police station and lodged an FIR against Yadav," the official told the news agency PTI.
Yadav was arrested under relevant sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Further investigation is underway.