Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Sep 24: In a heart-rending incident that occurred at Netajinagar near Parkal in the taluk at around 11.30 pm on September 21, a debase man reportedly raped his own daughter. On the basis of a complaint filed with them by the wife of the accused, the policemen of Manipal station have arrested the culprit.
The arrested has been identified as Sali Nagaraj (38). He is a cobbler by profession. In a complaint, his wife said that her husband had been behaving with his daughter obscenely since about a week, before raping her on the fateful day. It is said that the girl was sleeping in a separate room, when her father approached her at around midnight. The girl, who has studied up to seventh standard, was at home. Her mother, Jayalakshmi, filed the above complaint.
Nagaraj, who has been working as a cobbler at Udupi bus stand since long, is a native of Tamil Nadu. The policemen said that their inquiries have confirmed the veracity of allegations made by Nagaraj’s wife.
On being produced in the court, Nagaraj was remanded to judicial custody till October 4.