MYSORE: A father who had raped his minor daughter was arrested. The accused was arrested in the case of extorting Rs 5 lakh, given as compensation to the girl, by the state government. The incident took place in Hunsur taluk in Mysore district of Karnataka.

The accused, who belongs to an Adivasi community, was arrested in 2019, under POCSO case for raping his teenage daughter. The Karnataka government had granted a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the victim in 2020. The amount was deposited in the girl’s account.

Meanwhile, the accused who got released on bail, approached his wife and misled her into believing that the money could be transferred into her account. The fraud was discovered when the girl’s mother inquired at the bank. The police arrested the man on the complaint lodged by the girl’s mother.