Charkop man held for raping 8-yr-old daughter

The Charkop police arrested a 33-year old man for allegedly raping his eight-year-old daughter and forcing her into prostitution to fund his drug habits.

The Charkop police arrested a 33-year old man for allegedly raping his eight-year-old daughter and forcing her into prostitution to fund his drug habits.

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Satish Das and two of his friends was arrested on Tuesday. One of them has been identified as Shabbir Sayed (25). According to Charkop police officials, Das had been allegedly raping the girl for the last two years.

A few days ago, the girl approached Laljipada beat chowky, Kandivli (West) and complained to the police that her father had not been allowing her to meet and live with her grandfather in Chennai.

That’s when the police approached her grandfather and handed the girl over to him.

“During her interaction with her grandfather, she revealed that Das had forced her to beg on the streets. She then enacted and explained to her grandfather about what Das was doing to her. Having learnt that she was being sexually assaulted, the grandfather approached Charkop police on Tuesday and lodged a compliant against Das.

“Das would also get four of his friends to his house and allow them to rape the victim. He would then charge them money for it,” said Sanjay Bannerjee, deputy commissioner of police, Zone XI.

The police said Das divorced his Cambodian wife in 2003, after which their daughter was handed over to a local NGO, then moved to Kolkata’s Missionaries of Charity, who traced her father in 2004, contacted him and gave her back to him.