Mumbai Police have arrested a person for allegedly raping his 20-year-old mentally-challenged daughter after DNA assessments confirmed his involvement.
The case surfaced in October 2025 when medical doctors at a city-based hospital knowledgeable police that the girl, who can also be deaf and mute, introduced in with complaints of belly ache, was 5 months pregnant.
Given her communication difficulties, investigators mentioned it was initially difficult to grasp what had occurred or establish these accountable.
Throughout the probe, police suspected she had been sexually assaulted a number of instances. DNA samples had been collected from round 16 individuals, together with kin and others in her neighborhood, as a part of a wider investigation.
The girl later underwent an abortion, and foetal samples had been despatched for forensic evaluation.
On January 27, forensic specialists reported a DNA match along with her father (48), following which he was arrested this week, police mentioned.
Officers revealed that two different people — a 16-year-old boy and a 32-year-old man — had earlier been arrested after the girl recognized them with the assistance of visible aids.
A chargesheet has already been filed towards them. Nevertheless, investigators mentioned the newest forensic findings established the daddy’s alleged involvement as properly.
In line with police, the girl didn’t initially title her father out of concern.
Throughout counselling periods carried out with the assistance of a kid rights and incapacity help organisation, she disclosed that he had additionally assaulted her, officers mentioned.
Investigators consider the abuse passed off at dwelling and in remoted places when she was alone. Police mentioned they’re analyzing whether or not others might have taken benefit of her vulnerability.
A case has been registered.
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