Kolkata, Oct. 31 -- A few days after a teen was allegedly raped and murdered in North 24 Parganas, another case of sexual assault on a minor has been reported from the district, with a man in his 40s arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Duttapukur.

The accused- a 40-year-old man- was arrested after a written complaint was lodged by the victim's family.

Police have registered a case against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

He will be produced before the Barasat court on Saturday.

According to local sources, the accused had come to visit a relative in the area and allegedly took the child to the terrace of a neighbouring house in Subhashnagar, under the jurisd...