India, May 23 -- A man was arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter multiple times in a village in Tripura's Sepahijala district, police said on Saturday.

The 42-year-old accused was charged under section 06 of the Protection of Child from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act and section 64(f)(m)/65(1)351 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at a local police station on Friday based on a complaint filed by a relative of the rape-survivor.

Police said the minor rape-survivor told her complainant on May 19 that her stepfather had allegedly raped her multiple times and threatened her not to tell anyone about the incident.

The complainant filed a complaint at the police station the same day, after which police arrested the accu...