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Mumbai (Maharashtra): Mumbai cops said they have detained a person for allegedly raping and threatening to kill his 13-year-old daughter in the Eastern suburb of Govandi here in Mumbai. The accused was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by the mother of the victim, police said. The man was charged under sections 376, 367 (2) (N), 506 (2) of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), Shivaji Nagar Police in Mumbai said on Monday (November 6).
“An FIR has been registered and the accused was presented in the court and sent to police custodial for 5 days,” Mumbai police said.
According to the Shivaji Nagar Police, “the accused father allegedly raped his minor daughter on multiple occasions in the last two years”.
The matter unfolded when the victim’s mother saw her crying and enquired about it, “But she remained silent,” as per police. “The accused had threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident,” police said.
“The 13-year-old narrated the whole incident to her mother that the accused raped her several times and took her to different places,” Mumbai police said. After learning about the incident, the victim’s mother reported the incident to the nearest police station and a case was registered, as per police.
“The accused was apprehend after police registered a case,” police said.
