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Man booked for 'raping' daughter

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad

A 45-year-old man was booked for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter at their house near here, police said on Monday.

The factory worker sexually assaulted his daughter studying in eighth standard on Sunday night and fled, a police official said.

Based on a complaint lodged by the girl's mother, a case under IPC section 376 (rape) and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered and a hunt launched to nab the accused, the police official added.

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First Published: Oct 14 2019 | 4:50 PM IST

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