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 grievance 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 house in Mumbai to flee the ordeal, police mentioned on Thursday.
Police arrested the accused on Thursday and booked him underneath related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, an official mentioned.
The 17-year-old lady, fed up along with her father’s brutality, left house 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 grievance alleging his daughter has been kidnapped. Based on his grievance a case of kidnapping was registered in opposition to an unidentified individual and a search launched for {the teenager}, he mentioned.
During the search, a criminal offense department staff discovered the lady at Mahalaxmi station on the Western Railway community. The lady was taken to a criminal offense department workplace, the place throughout questioning, she revealed a surprising story of repeated sexual abuse by her personal father, mentioned the official.
According to the official, {the teenager} instructed the police her father had been sexually assaulting her for the final 5 years.
Based on her grievance, a case of rape and different offences underneath the BNS and the POCSO Act was registered on the police station.
Against the law department staff 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 in opposition to him, the official added.
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