CHANDIGARH: A 40-year-old man accused of raping his 11-year-old
niece for three months was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on Sunday, a day after he was arrested.
The girl, a student of Class VII, had woken up in middle of the night on Friday and started crying. When her mother inquired, she told her about the repeated assaults. The next morning, her parents took her to police station and lodged a complaint. Cops informed the Woman and Child Welfare Committee. The staff conducted her counselling and asked about the incident. Later, police conducted her medical examination and registered a case under Section 376 (
rape) and under Sections of
POCSO Act.
According to the complaint, the accused was unemployed and used to live near the house of the girl. He had allegedly raped her thrice. Police said the accused also forced unnatural sex on her.
Police have recorded the statement of the girl, before a magistrate under Section 164 of CrPC. The rape survivor’s father works in private shop.
On May 31, police arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping his daughter for over four years in Mohali. The 17-year-old was his eldest daughter.
September 2017| Police arrested a man for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter in Chandigarh. Later, a court sentenced him to 20 years in imprisonment.
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