Thane: A 29-year-old autorickshaw driver has been arrested for allegedly sodomizing a nine-year-old boy in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Friday.

Based on a complaint lodged by the child’s father, the police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) against the accused and arrested him in Bhiwandi city on Thursday, an official said.

The accused was ferrying the boy and other schoolchildren home in the afternoon when he stopped his car near a park in Dhobitalao township and asked the children to play, holding the boy in the back, he said.

The accused allegedly sodomized the boy in the vehicle. The child later informed her parents about the assault, the official said, adding that an investigation is underway.

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