The police have said that a Mumbai man lodged a kidnapping complaint after his teenage daughter went missing, but later it turned out he had been allegedly sexually assaulting her for the last five years. She left home in Mumbai to escape the ordeal, reported news agency PTI.

Police arrested the 46-year-old Mumbai man on Thursday and booked him under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, an official said, reported PTI.