Man held for raping 9-year-old daughter

A 40-year-old man and his friend were arrested on Friday for allegedly raping the man’s nine-year-old daughter. Police said the two men had been raping the nine-year-old for the past two months. Medical examination of the victim has confirmed rape. “The accused persons work as labour hands. They used to drug the girl and take her to an isolated place nearby. They had been raping her for the past two months,” a senior police officer investigating the case said. The incident came to light after the victim told her mother about it. The woman then approached a local NGO,Navsmriti,and its members alerted police. Both men were arrested on Friday night.