Rajkot: Kutch East Police have arrested a man and his wife after their 14-year-old daughter alleged that her father raped her at their home near Anjar. The mother allegedly filmed the crime on her mobile phone.The arrests were made on Friday night after the girl called the police control room and was brought to Anjar police station, where she narrated her ordeal. Police said they have recovered the mobile phone and found photographs and a video linked to the offence.According to police, the girl’s father had gotten angry on hearing her speaking to a boy, who may have been her friend or acquaintance. He smashed her phone, assaulted her and raped her in the presence of her mother. Police said the mother allegedly recorded a video of the crime.Anjar police inspector H A Jadeja said the girl had called the police control room two or three days earlier but before a police vehicle could reach the location, the father switched off the phone, making it difficult for police to trace the family.On Friday, the girl managed to access a phone again and called 112. She told police that she was being sexually assaulted. The police brought her to the station, registered a case and arrested both parents.The family, originally from Uttar Pradesh, had been living near Anjar for about six years and worked as labourers, police said. The couple has four daughters, and the victim is the eldest. An offence was registered for rape under BNS, and for aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
