GOA: The Goa Police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly indecently exposing himself to two children at a store in Margao, an official said. The incident took place at a popular store in South Goa, where the children, aged five and seven, had gone with their mother on Friday, the official added, according to news agency PTI. According to the complaint lodged with the Fartoda police station, the accused, Tiburcio Monteiro, allegedly flashed the children at the billing counter, he said. The accused was traced to Ponda town and apprehended later that night, the official said. A case has been registered against him under section 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the Goa Children’s Act, the official added.
