A 24-year old man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in the district, police said today. Sarathkumar had kidnapped the 16-year old girl working in a garment factory here and sexually assaulted her by promising to marry her, they added.

A few days ago, he had gone to the factory and taken the girl out by telling the manager in-charge he was her
brother and wanted to take her to meet their ailing father, the police said. Later, he took her to Palani and sexually abused her by promising to marry her, police said.