The police on Wednesday arrested an employee of the Electricity Department under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012 on charges of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in her house.
According to the police, the name of the accused was given as V. Vinoth, 26 of Abhishegapakkam.
A Bill Assessor of the Puducherry Electricity Department, he visited the house of the victim to take reading of the power meter.
The accused found the minor girl to be alone at home and asked her to get a glass of drinking water.
