Electrician enters engineer's house to fix fan, rapes his 4-year-old daughter

November 21, 2014

Bengaluru, Nov 21: An electrician, who raped a four-year-old daughter of an engineer at the latter's apartment at Sarjapura here has been arrested by police.

The accused has been identified as Arvind Reddy (40), who lived with his wife and two children in Dommasandra, here and his wife had been bedridden after a cardiac arrest.

The sexual assault which took place on November 10, came to light on November 19, when the girl complained of stomach ache to her parents. Doctors at the Bowring Hospital confirmed rape. The child's father is a software engineer in an IT firm.

Based on the parents' complaint, the Sarjapura police counselled the child to get details of the incident. She then spoke about the “bad things” done by the “fan uncle”.

When confronted by the police, Reddy confessed to have gone to the apartment to fix a fan and saw the child playing alone. The mother had gone out. He then took the child to the bathroom promising her candy after which he allegedly raped her.

He told the police that he committed the crime out of frustration. The police have remanded him to judicial custody.

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