Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh): A POCSO courtroom in Aligarh has sentenced a 50-year-old man to twenty years of rigorous imprisonment after he was discovered responsible of sexually assaulting his 13-year-old adopted daughter in October final yr.

The verdict was introduced by further district choose of the particular POCSO courtroom in Aligarh, Surendra Mohan Sahai.

Police mentioned the convict resided together with his two sons and their wives, and had ‘adopted’ six-year-old woman seven years in the past. He advised his household that the woman’s dad and mom had deserted her at a brick kiln in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, the place he used to work as a labourer.

On October 25 final yr, the convict was caught sexually assaulting the sufferer by his daughter-in-law, who then knowledgeable the locals.

After the incident, a social employee filed a criticism towards the person at Aligarh’s Quarsi police station, following which he was arrested.

The survivor was rescued and despatched to an orphanage in Kanpur.

(IANS)