A four-year-old boy was hospitalised after he was allegedly assaulted sexually by the house owner in Badauli village of the district.
The accused Rahul lured his tenent's son to his room yesterday and sodomised him, police said.
A complaint in the case has been lodged by the victim's father and manhunt has been launched to nab the accused who had managed to escape, SHO Abhay Singh said.
Police are also preparing to register a case against family of the accused for allegedly helping him to flee, Singh said.