Police have launched a manhunt…
Chhatarpur: On Thursday, an official said, Police are searching for a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping his daughter. He was harassing her for more than four years in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district.
"On Friday, 11 October 2024, we launched a search to arrest the accused who fled after his wife and their 21-year-old daughter complained with Lavkush Nagar police station, Superintendent of Police Agam Jain told news agency PTI.
Besides booking him for rape under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), police have also charged him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act since the man had been allegedly raping his daughter since she was below 18.
The SP said several teams have been formed to arrest the accused man.
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