The West Bengal police recorded its first arrest for crimes against women under the new crimimal law, the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) 2023 when a man in South 24 Parganas district, was apprehended for allegedly molesting his minor daughter, reported PTI citing a police official on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as a casting director in the Bengali television industry, was arrested on Monday following a complaint filed by his wife at Narendrapur police station. She accused him of sexually molesting their daughter when no one else was present at home, police said as per the PTI report.