Kanpur: Man arrested for raping minor tenant

KANPUR: A middle-aged man was arrested for repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Govind Nagar police area of the city on Wednesday.
The accuse was identified as Zaki. The 10-year-old survivor is the daughter of Zaki’s tenant. After the girl narrated the ordeal to her mother on Tuesday, a complaint was registered.
The accused Zaki had rented one of the portions of his house to a family few months ago. Zaki had sexually harassed her several times in the past months. The latest incident took place about a week ago, when he found the girl alone at her place and sexually abused her again. He threatened her against telling anyone about the incident. Unable to bear the sexual harassment anymore, the girl told everything to her mother.
The mother then informed the police, who in turn, registered a case and arrested the accused on late Tuesday night.
“He was arrested and booked under provisions of the IPC and Pocso Act,” said Govindnagar circle officer Vikas Kumar Pandey, adding, “The survivor has been sent to the district hospital for medical examination.”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)