Banda, February 8:  Police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly raping his 18-year-old daughter at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district, officials said. Circle officer of Mahoba city area, Deepak Dubey, told PTI that police have arrested the 44-year-old man for allegedly raping his daughter when she was alone at home. UP Shocker: Man Held for Raping 16-Year-Old Girl After Promising To Marry Her.

The victim somehow managed to narrate her ordeal to her maternal uncle who informed the police, Dubey said. "Police have launched a probe after registering an FIR under the relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita," the officer said, adding that the accused has been sent to judicial custody.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)