55-year-old security guard arrested for sexually assaulting an underage girl

Bengaluru: A 55-year-old man was arrested by the Hebbal police in north Bengaluru for sexually assaulting a minor girl.

The suspect, Rajesh, a native of Bihar, had moved to Bengaluru a few years ago and works as a security guard at an apartment complex on the outskirts of Hebbal police station.

Police said Rajesh lured the girl on Saturday evening on the pretext of giving her chocolates. He then took her to a washroom and sexually abused her, they added. The girl informed her parents, who are from Nepal. They contacted the Hebbal police.

A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (Pocso) Act and the suspect has been remanded in judicial custody, police said.