Navi Mumbai police has arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly sodomising an eight-year-old boy. The accused has been identified as Sanaull Hakim Sheikh, a resident of Masjid Bunder in Mumbai, newswire PTI reported.

An officer of the Khandeshwar police station told PTI that a case under relevant sections of the IPC like 377 (unnatural offences) and 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) was registered against the accused.