Mangaluru: Vittal police arrested a 31-year-old youth after he sexually harassed a minor boy in the toilet, on the pretext of discussing something important. 

Suresh Prabhu of Kanyana village in Vittal had accosted the victim who is studying in ninth standard when he was returning from school on February 1.

Following the incident, a complaint was registered by the victim’s mother on February 4.

Police arrested the accused on February 5 and registered a case under several sections of the IPC.