The girl told the police that her parents used to fight and the accused used to insist that she sleep next to him. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights On Tuesday, a woman approached the police in Gurugram, accusing her husband of raping their 13-year-old daughter The woman lodged a complaint against her husband after her daughter told her about the alleged abuse The man allegedly used to rape his daughter after smoking marijuana and had confined her to their home

Gurugram: A man in Gurugram allegedly repeatedly sexually assaulted his daughter at their home. The incident came to light on Tuesday when the girl's mother approached the police and lodged a complaint against her husband. The man was arrested from Shivaji Nagar area on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the girl narrated her plight to her mother after she (mother) returned home from work. Allegedly, the man used to rape his daughter in her mother's absence and had also warned her of dire consequences.

The girl told the police that the accused used to insist that she sleep next to him. Tired of being sexually abused, the girl opened up to her mother and informed her about the incident.

Confined, threatened and raped by father

The 13-year-old girl told her mother that her father had raped her on multiple occasions. She said that he used to hold her at knifepoint and had even threatened to kill her. He allegedly used to smoke marijuana before raping the girl.

The girl's mother told the police, "She said that he used to consume marijuana (ganja) and then rape her after placing a knife against her neck. She had requested him to stop several times but he threatened to kill her."

The girl allegedly refrained from opening up to her mother as the accused man had threatened her. He had allegedly told the girl that he would injure her younger brother if she told anyone about the abuse. The girl also claimed that she was confined to her home by her father.

A police official familiar with the case told the Hindustan Times, "The girl had dropped out of school. He (the accused) threatened her that if she told anyone, he would injure her younger brother with a knife."

Police investigation and action against accused

After the case came to light, the girl's statement was recorded before a magistrate and she was sent for a medical examination. The accused has been booked under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).