Lucknow, Oct 5 (Inditop.com) A computer engineer has been arrested for allegedly raping his 12-year-old daughter in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, police said Monday.
Cathal Kindel, 38, was arrested from his house in the Ved Vihar Colony following a case registered Sunday evening by the girl’s mother.
According to police, medical examination of the girl confirmed she was raped.
“Kindel, who is employed in a Saharanpur-based private firm, has been booked under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Other criminal charges have also been slapped against him,” police inspector Anju Singh told Inditop over telephone.
The girl told the police that her father raped her Friday and threatened her of dire consequences if she told anyone about the incident.
“Nearly 15 days ago, Kindel had a marital dispute with his wife, who returned to her parental home in Kashmir. After getting her daughter’s phone call, the mother came back to Saharanpur and registered the case against her husband,” added Singh.
Saharanpur is 350 km from Lucknow.
