Nagpur man, 45, arrested for sexually abusing minor stepdaughter after mother's CCTV camera

Police in Nagpur's Pachpaoli area have arrested a 45-year-old man on charges of repeatedly sexually abusing his minor stepdaughter. News of the case has caused considerable unrest in the area, with people asking whether girls are safe even in their own homes.

The girl had been seen with some suspicious marks on her body, which made her mother suspect her husband. To keep watch on his conduct, the mother had a CCTV camera quietly installed behind the television. The household's activity was recorded for about a year. The mother had also arranged to watch the live footage on a friend's mobile phone.

The mother claims the CCTV footage showed the girl being sexually abused by the stepfather. When she asked the girl, the child said it had happened to her several times. She had been threatened that she would be killed if she told anyone, and had stayed silent out of that fear.

Pachpaoli police then registered a case on the mother's complaint. Police have begun action under sexual assault and intimidation provisions and the POCSO Act. The accused has been arrested, and a court has sent him to three days in police custody.

Police are now questioning the accused closely, and the investigation is continuing.