A 50-year-old man has been arrested for sodomising a 12-year-old boy in Sion hospital on late Friday night. The man was arrested after the boy cried for help.

The accused sexually assaulted the boy when he was asleep. Police said the accused also thrashed the boy and threatened him not to inform his parents.

The accused is identified as a resident of Kurla. The accused's wife had undergone a bypass surgery in the hospital last month and he was there to take care of her. While the boy's father too had underwent a surgery in the hospital.

According to the police officials, the incident occurred on Friday late night at 3.00 am when the boy was sleeping with her mother in the passage outside the ward. The accused Ansari took the boy at an isolated place and sodomized him.

Senior Inspector Lalita Gaikwad of Sion police station said, "We have arrested the accused Ansari who sodomized a 12-year-old boy in hospital under Section 323 and Posco Act. We will produce the accused to the court and will remand his police custody for two days. We are also checking the accused's criminal record."ALSO READ: Gorakhpur: Father arrested for raping, killing 19-year-old daughter

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