Raigarh: A Tragic incident comes to the light when a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her own father. On Wednesday, a police constable has been arrested for allegedly raping his six-year-old daughter in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district. According to the reports, a complaint has been filed by the 45-year-old accused wife, he allegedly raped the child at their home in the city on March 29 and threatened her not to tell it to anyone, the police official said. However, the girl informed about the incident to her mother approached the police on Monday, he said.

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Following the incident, Raigarh Superintendent Rajesh Agrawal suspended the accused with immediate effect. He was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation), and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added. The accused, posted at Sarangarh police station in the district, was arrested on Tuesday, the official said. The accused was later produced in a local court which remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days, he said.

In another incident from Uttar Pradesh, a 23-YEAR-OLD rape victim allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance after she purportedly asked the accused to marry her and he refused, police said on Tuesday.

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