India, Jan. 4 -- A man convicted and sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor daughter was arrested in Rajasthan after remaining absconding for 27 years, Faridabad police officials said on Saturday.

Investigators said the convict, now aged 64, was arrested on Thursday in Talheti village in Udaipur district, where he had been living under a changed identity for several years. Police said he had earlier moved across different districts in Haryana, Punjab and Gujarat before shifting to Rajasthan about four years ago.

According to police, the victim was 14 years old when she registered an FIR against her father at City Ballabgarh police station on October 2, 1996. Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer of Faridab...