The Palayamkottai All Women police have arrested a head constable for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

Police said armed reserve police head-constable Sasikumar, 45, from Kanniyakumari district lives in armed reserve police quarters in Palayamkottai. As he was sexually abusing the daughter of his relative, a Class 9 student, the victim informed her mother about it. However, her mother did not file a complaint with the police.