Kanpur: Kalyanpur police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the Barasirohi area of the city.In her complaint, the girl’s mother alleged that the accused, Rahul Srivastava, who was living in rented accommodation in Barasirohi, had been harassing her daughter for some time.She alleged that on July 22, when the girl was alone at home, the accused forcibly entered the house and sexually assaulted her.The mother said that her daughter narrated the incident after she returned home, following which she approached the police and lodged a complaint.Acting on the complaint, police registered a case and launched an investigation into the matter.Kalyanpur station in charge Keshav Kumar Tiwari said the accused had been arrested and sent to jail.
