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Rapist on parole reaches home and rapes his 11-year-old daughter, niece | Latest news India

Rapist on parole reaches home and rapes his 11-year-old daughter, niece | Latest news India

Oct 29 2024 21:37 IST

The man’s daughter, 11, was the first to file a complaint on October 22 when she appeared at the Baikunthpur police station with her family.

RAIPURA rapist who was released on parole from Ambikapur jail on October 19 raped his 11-year-old daughter and 12-year-old niece over the next three days before the two children mustered the courage to complain about him on October 22, police said on Tuesday .

The girl told police that her father raped her in her room on October 19 and threatened to kill her if she told anyone. (AFP FILE PHOTO)
The girl told police that her father raped her in her room on October 19 and threatened to kill her if she told anyone. (AFP FILE PHOTO)

Police said the suspect, who was convicted in 2020 of raping a relative’s child and was serving a prison sentence, was arrested on October 26 in Korba district, 150 km away, police said.

The man’s daughter, 11, was the first to file a complaint on October 22 when she showed up with her family members at the Baikunthpur police station in north Chhattisgarh’s Koriya district.

The girl told police that her father raped her in her room on October 19 and threatened to kill her if she told anyone.

Two days later, on the afternoon of October 21, he again grabbed his daughter and took her to the jungle of Gada-Budha on the pretext of collecting wood. And he raped her again, a police officer said.

Police said that some time after the girl complained against her father, his niece also reached Baikunthpur police station with her mother. She complained that her uncle dragged her into the forest on October 21 and raped her.

Koriya Superintendent of Police (SP) Suraj Singh Parihar said a special team has been formed to arrest the man who was missing since October 21. “The special team tracked the suspect by questioning his relatives, neighbors and people from nearby villages,” the officer said.

“The suspect did not have a mobile phone with him and used someone else’s mobile phone once or twice. Based on the technical inputs from the cyber cell and information received from the people in the surrounding areas, the police team raided Burani Jharia and Am Tikra areas under Bangho Police Station (Korba district) and arrested the suspect on October 26 ,” Parihar said. .

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