Panaji, Nov. 11 -- Police arrested two men on Wednesday in connection with separate alleged sexual assault cases involving minor girls in Goa, including a four-year-old child, with the incidents reported in Mapusa and Canacona.

In the first incident, Mapusa Police arrested Pundalik Gudge, a native of Dharwad in Karnataka, from Panaji in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a minor girl. The incident reportedly took place inside an abandoned building near Lohia Ground in Mapusa on Diwali night.

In a separate incident, a four-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Shristhal village of Canacona, days after the Mapusa incident sparked public outrage.

Mapusa Police Inspector Anant Gaonkar confirmed the development, speak...