<p>A fast track court in the city sentenced a 57-year-old man to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a day care centre here. </p>.<p>Judge K N Roopa delivered the verdict in the case, which was registered in the Yelahanka New Town police station in 2019.</p>.<p>Ashwath Narayan Rao, a resident of Chikka Bommasandra in Yelahanka, was running a day care centre for children at his residence.</p>.<p>Parents would leave their children in the day care centre while heading to work and pick them up when returning home. This was the case with the victim, too. </p>.<p>On August 30, 2019, the convict sexually assaulted the girl. On realising what had happened to their daughter, her parents lodged a police complaint.</p>.<p>Rao was arrested and booked under the Pocso Act.</p>
<p>A fast track court in the city sentenced a 57-year-old man to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a day care centre here. </p>.<p>Judge K N Roopa delivered the verdict in the case, which was registered in the Yelahanka New Town police station in 2019.</p>.<p>Ashwath Narayan Rao, a resident of Chikka Bommasandra in Yelahanka, was running a day care centre for children at his residence.</p>.<p>Parents would leave their children in the day care centre while heading to work and pick them up when returning home. This was the case with the victim, too. </p>.<p>On August 30, 2019, the convict sexually assaulted the girl. On realising what had happened to their daughter, her parents lodged a police complaint.</p>.<p>Rao was arrested and booked under the Pocso Act.</p>
