A man who claims to be a Shiv Sena foot soldier from Mulund has been booked under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly raping his six-month-old daughter last week.

An FIR was registered at Kasarvadavli police station against the 30-year-old after the infant's mother approached the police on Saturday. The mother told mid-day that she married the man last year but was always tortured by him. "There was regular chaos and fights over trivial issues. He would often force me to demand money from my father. Our conjugal life was not healthy," she said.