Rampur:

A tuition teacher here has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl, a police officer said on Saturday.

Rampur Superintendent of Police (SP) Vidyasagar Mishra said that on the basis of a complaint received at the Ganj police station in this regard, a case was registered under the POCSO Act on Friday night.

Accused Syed Wasik Ali, a resident of Kunda at Rampur Kotwali, has been arrested, he added.

He said that an investigation is underway in the case and the girl has been medically examined. The family alleged in the complaint that the accused sexually abused the girl on Friday evening when he came to teach her.

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