A 46-year-old man lodged a kidnapping complaint after his teenage daughter went missing. However, it later turned out he had been allegedly sexually assaulting the 17-year-old girl for the past five years and she left her home in Mumbai's Mahalaxmi area to escape the ordeal, the police said on Thursday.

After the case came to light, the police arrested the accused on Thursday and booked him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, an officer said.