Mumbai: In a horrific incident reminiscent of the infamous Josef Fritzl case, a father in Mumbai has been sexually abusing and exploiting his daughters for the last 10 years.
Mumbai Police arrested the 60-year-old businessman on charges of allegedly raping his two daughters. The mother of the two girls has also been arrested for abetment.
The elder daughter, now 21, was allegedly raped for 10 years. The businessman started raping his second daughter - a 15-year-old - just a few months ago. The elder daughter then confided in her maternal grandmother when she saw her younger sister being targeted just as she had been by her father.
Police say the couple was under the influence of a tantrik, Hasmukh Rathod, who said raping the girls will bring the family prosperity.
Police say the father started raping his elder daughter when she was 11 years old after the tantrik advised the father to have sexual relations with her.
"The father has been raping her for nine years on the pretext that it would make him rich. The tantrik too has been raping the younger daughter for five months now," claims police officer Mukund Mahajan.