Harda, Madhya Pradesh: A step-father was arrested for allegedly molesting and trying to rape his minor daughter, police said on Tuesday. Police also arrested the victim's mother for aiding her husband in the criminal act.
Besides, a contractor from Indore to whom the couple had allegedly sold the girl has been arrested on charges of employing a minor as a child labourer.
All three of them were arrested on Monday, Additional Superintendent of Police, Kiranlata Kerketta said. The victim belongs to Timarni town in the district.
After allegedly selling her to contractor Kamlesh (32) her step-father Dayaram (55) and mother Sunderbai (49) filed a complaint with police that he (contractor) forced his daughter to work as a child labourer.
However, when police rescued the girl from Indore, she narrated an all together different story by alleging that her step father used to molest her and also tried to rape her and her mother used to aid her husband in the act, the ASP said.
Acting on the complaint of the victim, police arrested Dayaram, Sunderbai and Kamlesh under section 363, 354 and 370 of IPC and also under relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), she added.
