LUCKNOW, Nov. 25 -- A 23-year-old catering worker sexually assaulted a two-year-old girl during a wedding in Itaunja on Monday night and allegedly tried to throw her off a second-floor terrace. Guests, alerted by the child's cries, overpowered him and handed him to the police.

"The accused, Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Seerganj village in Sitapur district, had attended the wedding at a guest house after being invited by a female friend," said additional deputy commissioner of police, North Gopinath Soni.

Lucknow police said he took advantage of the crowded function to lure the child upstairs.

According to the FIR lodged at Itaunja police station, the victim's family had come from outside Lucknow. When the child went missing, guests tur...