A fifty-one-year-old man was reportedly arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating his 16-year-old daughter in Karnataka’s Gadag, police said on Wednesday. Police informed that the father had threatened the minor daughter if she revealed anything to the family. (Representational image)(HT_PRINT) The matter came to light on Monday when the minor girl was taken to hospital after she complained about swelling in her legs, news agency PTI quoted police as saying, adding that she was accompanied by her mother. After running scans and blood tests, doctor confirmed the pregnancy of the minor daughter. The girl reportedly was 31 weeks pregnant. Father threatened the minor daughter When the mother asked her daughter about the matter, the latter revealed that her father had allegedly been sexually abusing and raping her over the past year when no one was at home. Police informed that the father had threatened the minor daughter if she revealed anything to the family. A senior police officer said, “Based on the victim’s mother’s complaint at Mulagund police station, we registered a case of rape …