In a shocking incident,  a 47-year-old woman allegedly sexually harassed her stepdaughters after drugging them. The incident took place in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh.

The woman has now been arrested by Agra police. The woman had married the victims’ father after meeting him on Facebook in February 2020. The biological mother of the girls died last year.

According to a report in Times of India, Aligarh police have lodged an FIR against a woman under Sections 354 (Criminal assault to outrage the modesty of woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012.

The complaint has been filed based on the statement of the woman’s eldest stepdaughter. According to the victim, her stepmother used to give them drugs on the pretext of improving physical health and sexually harass them.

The girl also alleged that the woman, who claims to be a nurse, also showed porn videos.

The minor girl told police that her aunt was undergoing treatment at Nair Hospital in September 2019. She used to visit her at the hospital. The accused befriended the victim when he had come to the hospital for repairing an air conditioner. They exchanged their phone numbers and began chatting.

The girl alleged that she met the accused at Dadar’s Shivaji Park Chowpatty, where the accused sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage.