CHENNAI, July 17 -- A 36-year-old government bus driver was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a four-year-old girl near Coimbatore, police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred on Tuesday when the driver lured the victim who was playing on the road, into his house and committed the crime, police said, adding that the child later informed her parents, who filed a complaint with the Perur all women police station.

The Perur All Women Police have registered a case and arrested the bus driver identified as Shankar, a police officer said.

"The driver has sexually harassed her. We have booked him under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act," an officer told HT on condition of anonymity.

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