Former murderer charged with raping his underage daughter

Hyderabad: Police have arrested a 38-year-old man with a previous conviction in a murder case in Nirmal district on suspicion of raping his 14-year-old daughter.

The accused had recently completed a 10-year prison sentence for the murder of his second wife in 2014. He was booked for rape under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and remanded in custody.

Police said he killed his second wife on suspicion of an extramarital affair.

After his release from prison, he lived with his first wife and children. According to police, he raped his daughter several times.

“He threatened his daughter and said he would kill her if she told him what had happened,” police said.

Recently, the girl’s mother reported the incident to the police and filed a complaint against her husband.