Man charged after young girls allegedly sexually assaulted in Regina business

Naveed Irshad is scheduled to appear in court on the charges in February.

Published Jan 17, 2024 • Last updated 47 minutes ago • 1 minute read

Regina police say Naveed Irshad has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference after a Jan. 4 incident at a business that offers entertainment to children. Photo by Don Healy /Regina Leader-Post

A 54-year-old man has been charged after two young girls, aged 12 and 13, say he sexually assaulted them in the backroom of a Regina business.

Police sent out a media release outlining the charges against Naveed Irshad on Wednesday. It did not provide a middle name for the man.

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It states that an investigation began on Jan. 4 after police received a report that two youths had been sexually assaulted that day by the employee of a business on the 400 block of Albert Street North.

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While the release did not name the business, it later specified that it “offers entertainment services, primarily, to children.”

The two girls first met the “suspect” when they went to the business, it said.

“The youths told police that the assault took place in the backroom of the business and that the employee had been calling and texting them for several weeks prior.”

Irshad has been charged with two counts of sexual interference and two counts of sexual assault.

This, police state, is the “result of an investigation by the Regina Children’s Justice Centre, a specialized integrated unit of the police service that combines police investigators with social workers to investigate allegations of child abuse.”

Irshad was released on bail and is scheduled to appear in court on the matters in February.

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