Restaurateur’s son held on charges of sexual assault

PANAJIAccording to reports, Varun Nayyar (30) was arrested by Porvorim police, who registered an First Information Report (FIR) and launched into an investigation into the incident following a complaint filed by the parents of the 13-year-old girl.The accused is alleged to have taken the minor girl in his car to an isolated place near Panaji,where he is accused of sexually abusing her.Nayyar has been booked under various sections of POSCO Act (Protection of Children fromSexual Offences Act) and also some relevant sections of the Goa Children's Act.He will be produced before the Goa Children's Court on Monday to secure custodialremand, according to the police inspector Ninad Deulkar who is in-charge of the Porvorimpolice station.Further investigations are in progress by Porvorim police.