Pilibhit (UP), Feb 7 (PTI) A man has been arrested for allegedly molesting his neighbour at a village in the district's Jehanabad area, police said on Tuesday.

A villager accused the man of molesting his wife when she was alone at home, Jehanabad police station SHO Prabhash Kumar told reporters.

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When the man accosted the accused after reaching home, he fled the spot.

An FIR was registered under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 452 (house trespass) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code and the accused arrested.

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