Man arrested for raping minor stepdaughter in UP

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), Dec 30 (PTI) A 35-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter, police said on Tuesday.

The accused was arrested on Sunday.

Additional Superintendent of Police Sushil Kumar Singh said a woman constable filed a complaint that her daughter, a class 5 student, was raped by her stepfather on December 25, when she was alone in the house.

The matter came to light when the girl narrated her ordeal to her teacher.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered against the accused under Section 65(1) (rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Singh said. PTI COR NAV DIV DIV