According to a complaint filed by the 17-year-old victim, the accused, identified as Vijay Saini(40), had raped her on several occasions, additional police commissioner Biju George Joseph said.
Saini, a labourer by profession, was arrested this morning from near Okha port in Gujarat and placed under arrest, he said.
"The traumatised girl declined to stay with his father some time back and went to juvenile house and start living there. She narrated her story to the juvenile house authorities who encouraged her to register a case against the father," SHO Shastri Nagar, Nathu Lal, said.
Meanwhile, Saini during the interrogation has revealed that his wife had eloped with her paramour long time back.
Further probes are on, the SHO added.
