Father Allegedly Rapes 15-Year-Old Daughter For 3 Years By Threatening To Kill Her

A 36-year-old man in India has been accused of repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter for three years, the police said Monday.

The unidentified accused, who worked as a carpenter, was arrested after the incident came to light. The police in the northern state of Delhi said about three years ago her father had found her alone in the house and sexually assaulted her under the influence of alcohol.

He then allegedly continued to rape her by threatening to kill her.

After suffering the ordeal for so long, the girl recently filed a complaint with the police.

"My father would rape me whenever my mother was out of the house. When I protested, he would threaten to throw me out of the house or kill me. Due to this, I would remain silent and my father again raped me on October 28. I told the same to my acquaintance who took me to one female employee of an NGO who informed the police and police rescued me from my home on Saturday," the girl stated in her complaint, according to Zee News, which cited PTI.

The minor told the police even though she was scared as to what he would do to her if she revealed the rape to other people, she confided in an acquaintance about the assault.

The accused has been charged under sections 323 (causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act, the Times of India reported.

Rape cases in India have spiked in recent years, and the numbers have doubled in the last 17 years, according to a report by the country's National Crime Records Bureau in December 2019. Another disturbing stat was that in 93.1% of cases, the accused were known to the victims.

In October, a 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather for two years. The shocking incident came to light after the man's daughter-in-law caught him sexually assaulting the child. After witnessing the incident, the woman filed a complaint with the police. The police registered a case under India's POCSO Act only after a local politician intervened in the case, local media reported at the time.

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