Man arrested on charges of murder in Uttar Pradesh now accused of raping his own daughter, Police Report

Lucknow: In a shocking incident, one of the two men who was arrested for the horrific murder of a toddler that has sparked off national outrage had been accused of raping his own minor aged daughter five years ago, claims a police report in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh.

As per media reports, the toddler, aged just three years old, was found on a garbage dump near her house by a sweeper on June 2, three days after her parents registered a missing report.

The details of the horrid crime drew widespread condemnation and outrage in the nation.

Police say two men identified as Zahid and Aslam have been arrested on a charge of murdering the minor girl over an unpaid Rs 5,000 loan.

The girl’s parents alleged the body was hidden at the home of one of the accused but later thrown onto the garbage dump because it started decomposing in the summer heat.

On the other hand, her post mortem hasn’t confirmed rape yet.

Aligarh Rural superintendent of police Mahilal Patidar said the post mortem report did not confirm earlier suspicions that her eyes had been gouged out. But it did indicate that 3-year-old’s right hand had been amputated. The soft tissues around her eyes had loosened and the body blackened.

Mahilal Patidar also confirmed that the wife of one of the co-accused, Aslam, had filed a case at the Tappal police station for allegedly raping his own daughter in 2014.

The toddler’s mother, who had informed the police about a pending rape case against Aslam said his wife had shifted out after Aslam raped his four-year-old daughter.

“The brutal murder in Aligarh is yet another inhuman, unspeakable crime against an innocent child,” said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress earlier.

Other leading politicians and sports and Bollywood stars also expressed anger on micro-blogging site Twitter.