Colva: A 27-year-old man from Benaulim was arrested on Monday for allegedly pouring hot candle wax on the private parts and face of a three-year-old girl.The man lost his temper when she soiled her clothes while he was having his meal on Sunday. “Unable to tolerate the foul smell, the man lost his temper and poured hot wax from a burning candle on the child’s private parts and face,” a police officer said.An offence has been registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and the Goa Children’s Act.The officer said the girl’s mother had gone abroad in search of a job, leaving her two daughters, the victim and an eight-year-old, in the care of her husband’s family.The accused has been remanded in four days of police custody.
