Mumbai: Bandra police arrested a 40-year-old man on Saturday for sexually assaulting his wife’s minor sister and impregnating her. Police also arrested the wife for attempting to cover up her husband’s crime and conducting her sister’s delivery at home. The matter came to light when the girl had to be shifted to hospital.Police said the minor and the two accused resided in the same house in a slum. In the complaint, the minor said, “My brother-in-law sexually assaulted me on multiple occasions between March 2024 and July this year. I complained to my elder sister when I became pregnant but she threatened me.”Police said the minor’s sister never allowed her to go out for medical checkup or treatment and carried out her delivery at home, but when her condition deteriorated, she was rushed to Bhabha Hospital. The matter came to light after hospital called the police.
