NAGPUR, Aug. 5 -- A Class 12 girl was allegedly held captive, tortured, and repeatedly sexually assaulted for over 24 hours at a rented apartment in south Nagpur's Dighori area before being rescued late Monday night, police said.

The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Nirbhay Pakhare, is an undergraduate business management student and the son of two prominent doctors based in Thane, nearly 700 km away.

According to investigators, Pakhare created a fake Instagram profile under the name "Akash Mehra" in May last year and connected with the victim. After building rapport online, he allegedly obtained explicit photographs of her, which he subsequently used to blackmail her into meeting him in person. Police revealed that Pakhare had previo...