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AGRA: Mathura cop , Vijendra Singh Yadav (60), who was scheduled to retire on June 30, was arrested for allegedly raping his 35-year-old married daughter on Monday night.

According to Sanjay Kumar Sagar the circle officer the suspect has been arrested and placed under suspension. He said the suspect's daughter has filed a complaint alleging that Vijendra had raped her when she had come to spend the night with him at toll chowki.

In her complaint the victim has stated that she came to Agra for some treatment and called her father as she wanted to spend night in Mathura and travel to her house in Firozabad the next day. The alleged crime took place at night and the police was trying to reconstruct the sequence of events on the basis of the allegations levelled by the victim.

Police said the victim's husband works in some private firm in Chandigarh and she was living with her two children at her in laws’ house.

Vijendra Singh hails from Etah district and was posted as Assistant Sub Inspector at Maant chowki in Mathura. He has four children including two sons.

According to sources in police, he has allegedly admitted raping his daughter on the plea that his daughter "provoked" him to do this.

Mathura SSP, Vinod Kumar said that a case has been registered on the complaint of the woman under sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation). He said that medical has been done and further investigations are on.

