A 40-year-old man has been arrested for raping his nine-year-old stepdaughter repeatedly in her mother’s absence, threatening her at knifepoint. The accused, identified as Mukhtar Shaikh, married two years ago. His 37-year-old wife has a nine-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son from a previous marriage.

Shaikh, a painter by profession, was picked up from the Bandra residence of his relative yesterday and arrested for repeatedly raping his stepchild. He had married the girl’s mother two years ago