Rewari (Har): A man was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping his 15-year-old step daughter here, police said today.
Accused Pooran Mal Yadav, a resident of the Gulab Basti colony here, was arrested yesterday for the sexual assault on his teenage step daughter, they said.
Pooran was today produced in a local court which remanded him in judicial custody, police said today.
Earlier the police registered a case against the accused on a complaint filed on August 24 by the victim’s mother. He was booked under section 6 of the POCSO Act, criminal intimidation and causing hurt.
The victim’s mother alleged that when she opposed her husband from raping the minor, he threatened her with dire consequences. She further alleged that Pooran continually raped her minor daughter for the past several months.
Acting on the complaint, the police had got the victim medically examined in the local civil hospital on August 24.