A 36-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on the charge of outraging the modesty of a nine-year-old girl at village Chotaraipur under the Panikoili police station in Jajpur district.
Surath alias Kalia Mallick, who happens to be the girl’s uncle, allegedly tried to molest her on Monday evening. The girl shouted for help and soon others in the house arrived and thrashed the man.
The girl’s mother filed an FIR in the police station in this regard.
The police arrested the accused under Section- 354 of IPC and produced him in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Jajpur Road. The court rejected his bail petition and remanded him to jail custody. The accused had also been arrested in 2007 on the charge of molesting a minor girl, said Officer-in-Charge of Panikoili police station Purna Chandra Pattayat.