GHAZIABAD: A 42-year-old school owner was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping and indulging in unnatural sex with his 11-year-old step-daughter in Muradnagar.The girl, a Class VII student, told police that he had been sexually assaulting her for over six months.Police said an FIR was registered against the accused under sections 376 ( rape ), 377 (unnatural sex) of IPC and under relevant sections of the POCSO Act.The accused had got married to the girl's mother last year after she divorced her first husband a few years ago.The accused was also a divorcee. Police said that after the girl told her mother that the accused was sexually assaulting her whenever he found her alone, the woman initially did not believe it. However, to find out the truth, she put a mobile phone in the room to record the act.The sexual assault was subsequently caught on the mobile camera.She approached the police on Thursday evening and lodged a case against him. Meanwhile, after being confronted by the woman, the accused had fled from the home.SHO, Muradnagar, Lakshendra Singh said, “The accused was caught on Friday morning. He has confessed to his crime. A medical test of the girl has been done. Further inquiry into the case is going on.”In a similar crime in Muradnagar, a 55-year-old labrouer was detained on Friday for sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl on Thursday night.According to the girl’s parents, the accused who lived in the neighbourhood took their daughter, who was playing outside the home, to a secluded place on the pretext of giving her some money and allegedly raped her. Locals gathered at the spot after the girl’s cries and later handed him over to the police.According to the SHO, the family members of the girl were yet to give any written complaint.

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