Ghaziabad (UP), Oct 2 (PTI) A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his two minor daughters for the last four years and threatening to kill them if they objected, a police official said on Monday.

Upon noticing the girls, aged 15 and 17 years, traumatised and attending their classes half-hearted, a teacher sought to know the reason from the elder sister, the official said.

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The girl narrated their plight to the teacher, who in turn informed the police.

The sisters told the teacher that after leaving the school, they used to sit in a park till their mother returned from work. They said that their father had been jobless for many days and their mother was the only breadwinner, the police official said.

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ACP of Masuri Naresh Kumar said the accused was arrested on Sunday.

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