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Jodhpur, Nov 25 (PTI) A murder convict serving a life term in an open-air jail in Jodhpur has escaped from the prison after allegedly raping his minor daughter whom he had been keeping with himself in the jail campus after his wife had left him, police said on Thursday.
The incident putting a question mark over the progressive concept of the open-air jail in Rajasthan came to light after the victim girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the police after being informed about her husband’s heinous offence by her daughter.
After coming to know from his wife that she was going to lodge a complaint with police against him, the convict escaped from the prison on Wednesday itself.
A case against the convict was lodged under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act and police launched an investigation into the twin crime of rape and escape from the prison, the police said.
“We have started the investigation into the matter.
We recorded the victim’s statements on Thursday itself and got her medical examination,” said the police.