The 15-year-old daughter of a woman constable allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Dharashiv district after a man, who was her distant relative, harassed her and threatened to defame her, police said on Thursday.

The police on Tuesday arrested the 20-year-old man, identified as Onkar Kamble, following after an inquiry into the incident which took place on May 31 and booked him on charges of suicide abetment and intimidation, they said.

The girl lived with her mother at the police quarters in Tuljapur area of Dharashiv. She often visited Kakambra-based residence of her aunt (mother's sister) and knew the accused, who belonged to her uncle's family.