Man arrested for raping stepdaughter

Coimbatore: The east all women police arrested a 34-year-old construction worker on Monday for raping his stepdaughter.
The arrested person was identified as Prakash of Vannikonendal in Tirunelveli district. “Prakash, a divorcee, often visited his elder brother, who is staying in a village in Tenkasi and befriended a 34-year-old woman who had separated from her husband. She has two daughters aged 10 and eight. He married the woman and moved with her and her daughters to a rented house at Ondipudur in Coimbatore city in February. Prakash and the woman used to work as construction labourers. He stopped working from April and raped the 10-year-old girl several times. He threatened to kill her mother and sister if she revealed the incident to anyone,” a police officer said.
Unable to bear the torture, the girl on Sunday confided in her mother about her traumatic experience. The woman approached the Singanallur police, who held an inquiry and sent them to the all women police station (east) at Ramanathapuram.
Inspector M Amutha registered an FIR against Prakash and arrested him on Monday. He was booked under sections 376 (A) (B) and 506 (iI) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 5(l) (m) and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012. He was produced before the special court for Pocso Act and was remanded in judicial custody.