Dad Takes Revenge On Daughter's Molester; Kidnaps And Beats Him Up: Police

A man in the Indian state of Maharashtra took the law into his own hands and assaulted an alleged molester who preyed on his 12-year-old daughter, according to police.

The man was angered after learning of the sexual abuse that happened in Kalyan from his daughter and plotted to retaliate with five of his friends, the Times of India reported.

He and his companions abducted the alleged molester, a 24-year-old man who lived in the same locality as the man's daughter, from the Shivaji Chowk area in Kalyan Sunday and took him to an isolated place behind APMC market, according to the outlet.

The group beat up the accused, and he was later allowed to return home.

Following the coordinated group assault, the alleged molester approached Mahatma Phule police, who filed a complaint against both parties.

Authorities arrested four people, including the minor victim's father, on the charges of assault and kidnapping.

Meanwhile, the man who was accused of molesting the girl is currently undergoing treatment and will be arrested as soon as he is discharged from the hospital.

"In this case, we have registered a cross complaint against both parties because the girl's father took the law into his own hands," inspector Pradeep Patil of Mahatma Phule police was quoted as saying by the outlet.

A similar incident happened earlier this month when a man in India's Rajasthan state killed a father in retaliation for his own dad's death.

Kailash Gujjar and his friend, Sajjan Jat, 39, committed the fatal stabbing in a grassy field near the village of Gudda Khurd in Ajmer on Oct. 3.

Upon being interrogated, Gujjar and Jat, both residents of Bhinai's Barai village, confessed to the killing.

They committed the murder to avenge the suicide of Gujjar's father, Shravan Gujjar, the two claimed.

Prior to his death, the victim alleged that Shravan Gujjar raped his minor daughter.

Shravan killed himself by consuming poison a month after a police complaint was filed.

"Kailash was jolted by his father's suicide and went to the rape survivor's house to threaten the family with dire consequences," deputy police superintendent Ramavtar Choudhary of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Cell said.

Kailash and Jat were arrested.

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