A man charged with indecent assault after he reportedly ejaculated on a four-year-old told the court that he gave the police a wrong name because he was beaten in the head by residents of his community and had forgotten his true name.

It is alleged that the accused molested the child at his home. He, however, had a different version of this story when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. He told the court that he was at home watching TV when the child ran into his room and jumped into his lap. He said he "discharged on himself" but he was not aware that it had caught the child. He said he then sent her home after hearing her mother calling her.

The accused said the child's mother reportedly took her to the doctor and when she returned home, a host of men barged into his room and beat him with baton, sticks and pressure cookers. He said this caused him to lose sense for some time and led him to give the police the wrong name.

The matter is to return to court today. The accused was remanded.