A man from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district was arrested for regularly raping his 16-year-old daughter for the last four years. The arrest was made after the girl phoned the UP police emergency response service, also called UP 112, on Saturday and narrated her ordeal, the police said on Sunday.
The girl’s ordeal ended only after he called up the police emergency service to complain against her father. (AP Photo)
Fatehpur police station inspector Manoj Chaudhary said the accused was a drug addict who had been sexually assaulting his daughter for the last four years. His wife tried to stop him many times, but he brushed her aside, the inspector added. Eventually, the girl called UP 112 and revealed her plight to the police, he said.
Chaudhary said a case of rape was registered against the accused under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and he was arrested.
Two held for raping neighbour’s minor daughter
In another incident, two men aged 20 and 21 years were arrested for allegedly raping their neighbour’s 15-year-old daughter in Saharanpur district in the early hours of Saturday, the police said.
Inspector of a police station in the area said an FIR under Section 376 D (gang rape) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered on the complaint of the girl’s father.