*KANPUR – *In a shocking case, a man raped daughterlink>alongwith two of his friends, in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur city, the police saidtoday.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Martand Prakash Singh, said the womanraped by the men in Kamlapur area on April 15.

She filed the police complaint the next day.

While one of the accused has been arrested, the woman’s father and anotheraccused are absconding, said Mr Singh.

“The woman has a son. She married almost 20 years ago but was separatedfrom her husband and since then was living with her father,” the policeofficer said.

On April 15, the man took his daughter to a fair, an annual feature inKamlapur, around 70 km from the state capital Lucknow. There, he called uphis friend, Maan Singh and asked him to join them, the police said.

According to the police, Maan Singh has partnered the woman’s father in anumber of crimes.

The two men then convinced the woman to ride with them on a motorcycle tothe residence of their friend Meraj. There, the man locked her up in room fornearly 18 hours and took turns to rape her, the police said.

The victim somehow managed to escape and reached home. She narrated herordeal to her mother and then registered a complaint, the police said.

In November last year, the woman’s father was accused by the villagepanchayat of having an illicit relationship with his daughter. He wasarrested but released on bail in February.