Sriperumbudur All Women Police arrested a 46-year-old man for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

Police sources said the accused has been identified as Azhagarsamy who is a mason from a village near Sunguvarchatram. He engaged in repeated sexual assault of the 15-year-old daughter of a woman working at a construction site and threatened her not to tell anyone.

The girl reported the repeated offence to her mother, who lodged a complaint with the police. Based on her complaint, the police registered a case under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and arrested the accused Azhagarsamy.