India, Feb. 28 -- The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping and blackmailing a 15-year-old girl who took private tuitions from him in south Delhi's CR Park area for almost three years even as the grisly crime sparked outrage among residents and former pupils.

On Wednesday, the minor's father approached the police, alleging that the accused was blackmailing, mentally harassing, and sexually assaulting his daughter since 2022, when she was in Class 8 and started taking private tuitions from him.

The accused taught science and mathematics to school students from his home, where the alleged crimes took place.

"The minor came to us with her father and reported she had been attending the classes since 2022....