Mumbai man, 65, sentenced to life imprisonment for raping daughter, granddaughter

A special court in Mumbai has sentenced a 65-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his daughter and minor granddaughter.

A special court in Maharashtra's Mumbai under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) has sentenced a 65-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his daughter and minor granddaughter. His daughter, in her statement before the court, had said that her father had been sexually assaulting her since she was 15. After her marriage, her father threatened her that he would harm her children if she told anyone about it. The woman used to do household work along with her mother while her father, brother and husband worked as painters. The woman also told the court that she had told her neighbour about these sexual assaults.