MH-RAPE-ARREST

Maha: Primary teacher held for raping his minor daughters
    Chandrapur, Jul 29 (PTI) A former councillor from
Chandrapur district in Maharashtra was arrested on Monday for
allegedly raping his two minor daughters over the last five
years at their house in Nagbhid taluka, police said.
    The accused is working as a teacher in a primary
school in Nagbhid, around 100 kms away from Chandrapur, a
senior officer said.
    "As per the complaint, the man has been raping his
17-year-old daughter, a student of class 12, since the last
five years. He started sexually assaulting his another
daughter, who is 14-year-old now, last year," the Nagbhid
police station officer said, adding that the wife of the
accused has been bed-ridden since last many years.
    The accused had also threatened his daughters against
disclosing the incident.
    The matter came to light after the girls confided in
their uncle who approached the police, he said.
    Police have booked the accused under section 376
(Punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
    Further investigation is underway. PTI COR
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