Man flees post rape attempt on step daughter

LUCKNOW : A 37-year-old man allegedly tried to rape his 10-year-old step daughter after finding her alone in a house under Chinhat police station on Tuesday, police said.

The accused fled when the girl’s brother returned home and allegedly caught him in an objectionable position. They said raids were on to track the accused against whom an FIR under Indian Penal Code’s (IPC) section 376/511 (attempt to rape) and a section of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PoCSO) act have been registered against him.

Inspector of Chinhat police station DK Pandey said the FIR was registererd on the complaint of the girl’s mother against her second husband.

He said the complainant informed that the accused tried to rape her daughter when she was alone at home as she and her elder son had gone out for work on Monday afternoon. She said her child was rescued from the clutches of the accused as her son returned home in the nick of time and raised an alarm.