Ahmedabad: A case was lodged with the Madhupura police station on Saturday after a mother alleged her alcoholic husband sexually harassed her 5-year-old daughter while she was sleeping. The incident took place late on Friday night in a Chawl located in the Madhupura area. According to the police, the complaint was lodged by the victim’s mother.
As per the complaint, the woman alleged her husband is an alcoholic and he usually came drunk. Regarding this, there used to be frequent fights between the couple as he ignored his family’s needs and she was the sole earning person, while the husband used to assault her on daily basis.
As per her allegations, on Friday night the woman prepared food for her 5-year-old daughter and they both went to sleep. Late in the night, her drunk husband stepped inside and slept beside them. When the mother woke up to drink water, she caught her husband in the sinful act, while her daughter was sleeping.
She immediately stopped him from the act and saved her daughter. She took her daughter outside the house and later on Saturday morning she lodged an official complaint at the Madhupura police station. A case was lodged against her husband under Section 354 (A) of Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act Section 7,8 with the Madhupura police station on Saturday and the accused was later arrested.
VN Rabari, Inspector of Madhupura police station said, “After receiving the complaint, our team promptly initiated action and the accused was arrested on Saturday morning itself and further investigation is on.”
The officier added, “Primary investigation revealed that it’s a technical case, as we suspect from the past couple of months, the couple were having family disputes. And there is a possibility that the complainant might have made a false allegation to arrest her husband. Right now we have taken action based on the allegation made by the mother, but we have sent the girl and father for medical test. Once we get its report, only then we can reveal was it sexual assault or false allegation.”