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42-yr-old man arrested for raping minor stepdaughter in Tripura: Police

42-yr-old man arrested for raping minor stepdaughter in Tripura: Police

A man was arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter multiple times in a village in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, police said on Saturday. Last year, a total of 667 cases related to crimes against women were lodged in Tripura. (Representative Image/iStock) The 42-year-old accused was charged under section 06 of the Protection of Child from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act and section 64(f)(m)/65(1)351 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at a local police station on Friday based on a complaint filed by a relative of the rape-survivor. Police said the minor rape-survivor told her complainant on May 19 that her stepfather had allegedly raped her multiple times and threatened her not to tell anyone about the incident. The complainant filed a complaint at the police station the same day, after which police arrested the accused. Last year, a total of 667 cases related to crimes against women were lodged in Tripura, and 426 persons were arrested. Also Read:Man, 31, arrested for raping 9-year-old girl in Tripura’s Unakoti: Police Of the 667 cases, 168 were linked …

2 brothers awarded 20 years imprisonment in Tripura for raping minor school girl in 2021 | India News

2 brothers awarded 20 years imprisonment in Tripura for raping minor school girl in 2021 | India News

A local court on Tuesday sentenced two brothers to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after they were convicted of raping a minor schoolgirl at the North Tripura district. Speaking to reporters, Public Prosecutor Sudarshan Sharma said that the local court at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district convicted two brothers of having committed rape on the minor, sentenced them to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The duo was arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged at the Dharmanagar Women police station in February 2022. The police submitted a chargesheet before the court in two months and after a long hearing of over two years, the court, recently sent the accused to ten years of imprisonment and imposed fines of Rs 10,000 under the Section 376 (2) of the IPC, failing which six months of additional imprisonment would be slapped on them. They were also sentenced to one year jail and Rs 1,000 fine each for violating Section 506 of the IPC. Failure to pay the fine would incur additional one month imprisonment. Both convicted persons …