India, Oct. 29 -- A rapist who was released from Ambikapur jail on parole on October 19 raped his 11-year-old daughter and 12-year-old niece over the next three days before the two children mustered the courage to complain about him on October 22, police said on Tuesday.

Police said the accused, who was convicted of raping a relative's child in 2020 and was serving time, was arrested on October 26 from Korba district 150km away, police said.

The man's daughter, 11, was the first one to complain on October 22 when she turned up at the Baikunthpur police station in north Chhattisgarh's Koriya district with her relatives.

The girl told the police that her father raped her in her room on October 19 night and threatened to kill her if she t...