Man arrested for alleged incest

Police arrested a man on Saturday for allegedly raping his daughter.

According to police, 57-year-old Sabir Rafiuddin, a resident of Negar Samlan, had raped his daughter at his house a few days ago.

On Saturday, the victim informed the Saddar police and they arrested her father and brothers after registering a case.

The victim said: "I was sleeping in the room when my father came in and said that my sister had eloped because of me and I will also elope, so I will rape you. Then my father raped me twice." She added that when she started shouting, her mother entered the room who wrangled with him.

Later, she said her father detained her in the room and my brothers threatened my mother not to tell anyone about the incident because it was too disrespectful.

The girl accused her father of detaining her in a room before she get a chance to flee and report the matter to police.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th, 2022.