Guwahati, Nov 12 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter and impregnating her in Assam's Cachar district, police said on Wednesday.

Though the incident took place in 2022 in Udharbond area of the district, the survivor who gave birth to a girl, filed a complaint with the aid of Child Helpline in January this year, and the man has been absconding since then.

“After receiving the complaint in January, we registered a case and began an investigation. The accused had been absconding for the last 11 months before we managed to apprehend him on Monday night,” Officer-in-charge of Udharbond Police Station Siimsing Timung said.

On January 18 this year, the victim lodged a complaint at the Rangirkhari Police Outpost in Silchar town, around 18 km from the place of o

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