In a shocking incident, a 50-year-old man has been accused by his daughter of raping her in Sector F-6 of Islamabad, police said on Monday. Police said accused Saeed Akhtar on Friday allegedly raped his daughter while holding a sharp-edged knife over her throat. The accused is an retired army personnel and currently worked as a security guard in Sector F-6. Police said the victim lodged an application stating that the incident occurred on Friday morning after her mother, who works as a housemaid, left for work. She said her siblings had also left for school when her father raped her.
The victim, who is a mother of a child, had moved in with her parents about two years ago after getting a divorce from her husband. Police said accused Saeed also tortured his daughter when she tried to resist him. Later, the victim shared her ordeal with her mother who encouraged her to get an FIR registered against the accused. She lodged an application with Kohsar police station on Sunday. “We are in process of getting DNA test and medical certificate of the victim. Once, we get doctors’ opinion, we would be able to say anything in this case,” said Ghulam Murtaza, the ASI who is investigating the case.