Mumbai: Police arrested a stepfather for repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in Bhiwandi and registered a case under the POCSO Act.
According to the information, on the basis of the complaint of a 15-year-old minor in this incident, the police registered a case against the 34-year-old accused on Tuesday.
According to the complaint, the stepfather raped the victim continuously since 2022. Recently, on November 25, the victim’s mother was out of the house for some work. At that time, the accused again made the victim a victim of his lust and also threatened her that if she told anyone about this, there would be serious consequences.
Fed up with the repeated incidents of rape by her stepfather, Sagira finally approached the Shanti Nagar police station and lodged a complaint against her stepfather. Based on the complaint, the police registered a case against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation (POCSO) Act and arrested the accused.