Man accused of imprisoning, raping daughter

A Polish court on Monday ordered the detention of a man accused by his daughter of keeping her imprisoned for six years, raping her repeatedly and fathering her two sons.

Police detained the 45-year-old man on Friday in the eastern city of Siedlce after his daughter and wife came forward with the allegations, national police spokesman Mariusz Sokołowski told TVN24.

The accusations have spurred comparisons to the case of Austrian Josef Fritzl, who police say has confessed to having kept his daughter captive for 24 years in a cellar in Austria, sexually abusing her and fathering seven children.

"To some extent, this could be a similar situation to that in Austria," Sokolowski said.

The police are conducting the investigation and are looking for the two boys to determine if the man is the father. The man will be held for three months during the investigation, after which the court will rule on extending his detention.

"When I saw him in handcuffs, I breathed a sigh of relief," said the 21-year-old in an interview with the Fakty news program. "I hope I will never see him again."

Source: TVN24, Reuters