The lady instructed the police her father had been sexually assaulting her for 5 years. (Representational)
Mumbai:
A 46-year-old man lodged a kidnapping criticism after his teenager daughter went lacking, however later it turned out he had been allegedly sexually assaulting her for the final 5 years and he or she left residence in Mumbai to flee the ordeal, police mentioned on Thursday.
Police arrested the accused on Thursday and booked him below related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, an official mentioned.
The 17-year-old lady, fed up along with her father’s brutality, left residence in Central Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi space on Wednesday, the official mentioned.
Unable to hint her, the person approached the Tardeo police station and lodged a criticism alleging his daughter has been kidnapped. Based mostly on his criticism a case of kidnapping was registered towards an unidentified particular person and a search launched for {the teenager}, he mentioned.
In the course of the search, against the law department group discovered the lady at Mahalaxmi station on the Western Railway community. The lady was taken to against the law department workplace, the place throughout questioning, she revealed a surprising story of repeated sexual abuse by her personal father, mentioned the official.
Based on the official, {the teenager} instructed the police her father had been sexually assaulting her for the final 5 years.
Based mostly on her criticism, a case of rape and different offences below the BNS and the POCSO Act was registered on the police station.
A criminal offense department group led by Police Inspector Sadanand Yerekar then began a seek for the lady’s father, who was tracked down within the Saat Rasta Circle space and subsequently nabbed, he mentioned.
After his medical examination, the accused was handed over to the Tardeo police for additional investigation into the case lodged towards him, the official added.
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