Bhind, (Madhya Pradesh), 29 June: In Habipura village in Bhind district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a drunk man raped his own daughter on June 25.

 

According to the complaint filed, the victim was sleeping in the courtyard of the house. In the night, the man who was drunk allegedly raped his daughter. The next morning the daughter narrated the whole incident to her mother and aunt. They then went to the police and filed a case against the man who was arrested later.

 

According to police sub-inspector Narendra Solanki, the 46-year-old accused man came home drunk on Friday night as usual. He started quarrelling with his wife under the influence of alcohol. First, he beat up his wife. When the girl saw her mother being beaten up, the 18-year-old daughter protested. 

 

Due to this, there was a dispute between the daughter and the father so people from the neighbourhood gathered near the house. Angered the man left in a huff. The daughter then went to sleep in the courtyard of the house as usual. The wife and other children slept in the room inside the house. 

 

Much later in the night the man returned home and forcibly raped his 18-year-old. In the morning, the daughter started crying after seeing her mother. When the mother asked the daughter, she did not say anything but kept on crying. Hearing the girl crying bitterly, a woman from the neighbouring house came to their house.

 

When mother and aunt kept asking the girl what had happened, she finally narrated her ordeal to them. The neighbouring woman informed her family and her husband dialled the police helpline number '100 so the police arrived and registered the complaint. The man was arrested soon after.

 

The accused was brought to Gohad police station. At the police station, a woman constable questioned the victim so she narrated the whole incident to the police. 

 

According to the police, the accused has four children. Among the four children, the eldest one is a son who works as a labourer in Gujarat. 

 

The second child is the daughter who he allegedly raped. He has two younger daughters also. The accused is addicted to liquor and apparently, he committed the crime while allegedly being intoxicated. The police also sent the daughter for a medical checkup and the report is awaited.