MUMBAI:, May 8 -- A month after being acquitted in a murder case for lack of evidence, a 42-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for sexually assaulting his 15-year-old daughter.

According to the police, the accused was acquitted by the sessions court on March 29, in the murder case of model-actor Kritika Chaudhary. It was alleged that the accused had supplied drugs to the actor and she owed him Rs.6,000. The police said that he along with an accomplice killed her in June 2017 for delaying the payment. The accused was acquitted for lack of evidence and was released from jail.

"He came out of jail on April 3, and has been staying with his wife, two daughters and a son in Dharavi. He used to threaten his 15-year-old daughter that he would...