Overview

• Police registered a case under the POCSO Act at Hosdurg police station after the girl's statement identified her father as the accused.
• The man fled when police first arrived at the hospital but was later caught on a tip-off after returning home to collect documents and a passport.
• Officers said he was attempting to escape abroad before being detained and produced in court.
• The accused, a native of Kodagu in Karnataka who had been living in the Kanhangad area for years, was remanded to judicial custody.
• Authorities noted this is the second similar case reported from Kanhangad this year, following a July incident in which an accused father was brought back from the Gulf.