A 31-year-old man was arrested by Hanumanganj police for sexually assaulting his minor daughter at Foota Makbara under Hanumanganj police station area on Monday.
According to the police the 11-year-old victim was sexually assaulted by the accused father on Monday and threatened her not to report the incident to any one and failing to comply by his instructions would result in dire consequences. Frustrated over the harassment by the accused his wife left the house around a month ago leaving her daughter who became the victim of the evil act of her father. The accused Mahesh Valmiki is a habitual drinker and used to assault his wife and four children frequently but on Monday he went to the extent of sexually assaulting his own daughter. Police said that the accused sexually assaulted her eldest daughter while the others children were asleep. The victim later told the incident to neighbours and a complaint was lodged by the victim with Hanumanganj police.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case against accused father. The police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The offender works as labour and is heavily addicted to liquor and used to fight demanding money from his wife who earlier used to work as domestic help to meet the ends.