Hoshiarpur, Oct. 11 -- The Hoshiarpur police have arrested a migrant for an attempt to sexually assault a 13-year-old boy in a village here on Friday, officials said. The accused was nabbed by the villagers, beaten up and handed over to the police.

The incident comes a month after a five-year-old boy was sodomised and killed by a migrant in the city.

The village sarpanch said the migrant lived in the rented accommodation with his parents and allegedly took the boy to a secluded place when his mother was at work.

Neighbours, who heard the noises, raised the alarm, following which the accused was nabbed, the sarpanch said.

The September 9 incident, where a five-year-old boy was murdered, had triggered protests against the migrants from ...