SHILLONG, July 9: A 38-year-old man was arrested in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district for allegedly raping his stepdaughter and impregnating her, police said on Wednesday.
The accused was arrested from a village in Ri-Bhoi district on Tuesday night. He was hiding there since his wife registered a complaint with the police on July 1, they said.
The mother of the 15-year-old victim came to know about the incident when nurses at a rural health centre informed her that her child was pregnant.
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The girl then told her mother that her stepfather had sexually assaulted her on many occasions.
She then lodged an FIR at Mawlai police station and a case was registered against her husband.
The girl was admitted to a maternity hospital here where she underwent other tests. She was discharged from the hospital on July 7, the police said.
The accused was arrested from Syad village in Ri-Bhoi district, the Superintendent of Police of East Khasi Hills district, Vivek Syiem, said. (PTI)
