Stepfather Rapes Minor for 5 Months, Threatens Her; Arrested in Surat

• A stepfather in Surat has been arrested for allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter for five months.
• The accused threatened to kill the minor if she revealed the abuse, causing her initial silence.
• The mother, divorced in 2010, met the accused in 2012, who then lived with her and her daughter.
• Police have registered a case under rape charges and the POCSO Act, and the accused has been arrested.
• The victim has been sent for medical examination as police gather further evidence.