Trichy: A 30-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting his two-year-old daughter and trying to kill her by dropping her in a plastic water tank on the terrace. The girl is critical, according to police.
Police said the incident happened around 4am on Thursday. The accused took the toddler, who was sleeping next to her mother, to the terrace and sexually assaulted her.
“The child woke up during the assault. Fearing that she may reveal the assault to others, he abandoned her in a plastic water tank on the terrace and went back to sleep,” a police officer investigating the crime said.
The child was inside the tank for about 45 minutes. Her mother, on realising that the child was missing, searched around the house for the child with her mother-in-law. Finally, they checked the water tank after spotting the child’s dress next to it. The girl was unconscious. Meanwhile, the accused, who joined the search, tried to mislead the two, saying it must’ve been the handiwork of miscreants from outside. Suspecting foul play, the women alerted the Karur police.
Based on an inquiry, police arrested the girl’s father, and a court remanded him. The man was booked under provisions of Pocso Act and section 109 (attempt to murder) of BNS Act.