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Boss charged after underage employee sexually assaulted at work in Fergus: OPP say

OPP say a 30-year-old man has been arrested. Global News file

Wellington County OPP say a 30-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault after an underage employee was reportedly sexually assaulted by her boss in Fergus, Ont.

Police said they responded to a report of a sexual assault on Nov. 22 at a workplace in the town north of Guelph.

“It was reported that a female youth was the victim of a sexual assault by her supervisor while working at a business on Tower Street South,” OPP said in a news release on Wednesday.

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Navpreet Nahar of Milton, Ont., has been charged with sexual assault on a person under 16 and sexual interference.

OPP didn’t say if it believed there could be more victims, but anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-888-310-1122.

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Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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