A five-and-half-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a neighbour in the suburbs. The local police have arrested a 38-year-old man in this case.

According to the information received in the said case, the victim was studying at home along with her two other siblings on January 23 around 8.30 pm. It was then that the accused, who lived next door, came over and invited her to play at his home.