Man held for raping teenage daughter

A man was arrested for allegedly raping his teenage daughter since last two months in Ahmednagar, police said today.

A man was arrested for allegedly raping his teenage daughter since last two months in Ahmednagar, police said on Monday.

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"The grandfather and uncles of the 13-year-old victim on Sunday lodged a police complaint in this regard following which the 41-year-old man, a resident of Khadki village in the district, was arrested," Nagar Taluka police station in-charge Jyoti Priya Singh said.

According to the complaint, the man -- whose wife expired two months back -- has been raping his daughter since then, Singh said.

The incident came to light when the girl told about the incident to her uncles and grandfather, she said.