Man arrested in Jodhpur for raping 4 -year-old cousin

Jodhpur | Thursday | 3rd February, 2022

Summary:

Jodhpur, Feb 3 (PTI) A man allegedly raped his four-year-old cousin here in a village in Jalore, police on Thursday said.

According to the police, the accused, Narayan Meghwal (25), had come to the victim’s house in Leta Village with her father in the afternoon.

The incident took place around 3.00 pm, when the victim’s father, who had just finished his lunch -- his wife out shopping - heard his daughter’s screams and rushed inside the house for her help.

He saw his daughter bleeding and crying and Meghwal fleeing the house, police said.

Meghwal was caught within two hours of the incident from an agriculture field just behind the spot of incident, SP (Jalore) Harsh Vardhan Agarwalla said.

The accused is a daily wager and had got married only a year back.