CHENNAI: Vandalur All Women Police arrested a 32-year-old construction worker from West Bengal on Monday for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl at Manimangalam on Sunday night.The accused, Jaidhan Mandal, 32, a native of West Bengal, was employed at an under-construction site in Aadhanur village near Manimangalam.Around 8pm on Sunday, Mandal lured the girl, who was playing on the road, to a secluded spot near the thatched hut where he and other workers stayed. When Mandal began sexually abusing the girl, the girl ran home and informed her family.Family members and neighbours went to the construction site and identified Mandal. Residents assaulted Mandal before handing him over to the Manimangalam police.Mandal was treated for injuries at a government hospital in Chromepet on Sunday night.On Monday, the case was transferred to the Vandalur All Women Police Station. Police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested Mandal.Mandal was produced before a magistrate court and remanded in judicial custody at Puzhal prison.
