In Kerala’s Kannur, a court has sentenced an NRI man to double life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹15 lakh for raping his daughter for 7 months resulting in her pregnancy. The accused runs a restaurant in Qatar. After the case came to light, the police called him to India and arrested him and now the court has given its verdict in this case. Meanwhile, the rapist father disappeared after getting bail. The girl’s mother also changed her statement in this case.
Reports say that an NRI family came to Kannur, Kerala in 2020. Due to Covid restrictions, the man was kept in a separate room and the responsibility of giving him food and water was given to his eldest daughter who was 13 years old. When his daughter went to give him food, her father raped her. This continued for the next 7 months. Due to continuous rape, the minor became pregnant. Following this, the man returned to Qatar.
The girl started feeling sick and one day she fainted and when she was taken to the doctor, she was found to be pregnant. The hospital informed the police about this matter. When the police questioned her, the girl first blamed her cousin for the rape without naming her father. The minor said that her brother used to rape her by showing her porn. However, later she told the whole matter to one of her aunts, based on which the police started taking action.
The police later caught the accused when he returned to India. The DNA test made it clear that the pregnancy was her father’s. After this, a case was filed against him. However, during the trial, he got bail and fled. Earlier, her mother had the minor aborted after obtaining permission from the High Court. Later, the mother also turned back from her testimony and started supporting her husband. Due to this, the case got delayed and its final decision could not come in July 2023.
Meanwhile, the minor was kept in a different protection centre. On January 5, 2025, the police received information that the accused had come to his house and was staying there. After this, the police caught him and within two days the court gave this verdict. The court sentenced him for raping his own daughter to 2 life imprisonments and 2 twenty years of imprisonment under the POCSO Act. Apart from this, he was sentenced to another 7 years. The court also imposed a fine of ₹ 15 lakh on him which will be given to his daughter.