Coimbatore: Man held for raping minor stepdaughters

COIMBATORE: The west all women police on Sunday arrested a 42-year-old man for raping his two stepdaughters, aged 13 and 10.
The girls’ father, who was unwell, had passed away six months ago. “After his death, their mother started a relationship with his friend, Kuniyamuthur resident Abudhakir, and married him,” a police officer said. “The accused raped the girls several times in the last few months. The girls recently told their mother about it and she lodged a police complaint.”
Abudhakir was booked under sections 5 (l) (m) (n) and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)