VIJAYAWADA: A 35-year-old man who raped his minor daughter for over a year was arrested by the police on Monday. The incident came to light after the girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the local police.
According to police, the accused, who happens to be a physiotherapist, has been sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter since March last year. Police said, earlier, the accused used to molest the girl when she would be sleeping next to her mother. He later started to abuse her whenever his wife was not around.
The girl was raped even on September 8 and 10. Unable to bear the torture, the class 7 student had even begged her mother to let her stay at her grandmother’s place. Noticing some behavioural changes in her, the girl’s mother inquired as to what happened to her. Eventually, the girl explained the abuse that has been taking place for over a year.
Later, the woman approached the police and lodged a complaint. A case was registered under section 376 of IPC (rape) and under relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The investigation was later transferred to Disha police. The accused was taken into custody and interrogation is on. Meanwhile, the victim has been sent to Vijayawada Government General Hospital (GGH) for medical examination. This is third such incident this month in Krishna district where a minor girl is raped. Just five days ago, police arrested a man working with a prominent architecture college in the city for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl at Nunna police station limits.
Before that, on September 3, a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped by her friend and two others after offering to drop her at Vijayawada from Kruthivennu area.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
