MOTIHARI: A 13-year-old girl of
Muzaffarpur has accused her father of sexually harassing her. The man, who is a bank official posted in East Champaran, was arrested on Sunday after the girl lodged a complaint with women’s police station at Muzaffarpur on Saturday.
Women police station
SHO Sarvdaya Snehi said the girl has accused her father of sexually abusing her for the last two years.
Her medical examination report is awaited. The bank official, however, claimed that he was innocent and his first wife had hatched a conspiracy against him. Snehi, however, said he was sent to jail on Monday evening.
Muzaffarpur Sadar
DSP Ram Naresh Paswan, who interrogated him, said his first wife tried to frame him to take revenge as the bank official had got married to another woman in Motihari recently.
Paswan said the official has one son and a daughter from his first wife, with whom he had a a sour relation since long. The DSP said he married another woman after taking the consent from his first wife.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)