WATCH: Man arrested for stalking Sachin Tendulkar's daughter Sara

A West Bengal man has been arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly stalking and harassing legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's daughter Sara.

The accused, identified as Devkumar Mitti, is said to have made about 20 calls to Tendulkar's Bandra residence, threatening to kidnap her and even proposing marriage.

The stalker, who is unemployed, passed lewd comments to 20-year-old Sara on the phone calls in December last year.

Mitti would tell the Sara's domestic help who attended the calls that he would kidnap the young woman and marry her. According to a police official, the accused used to tell the domestic help that he had seen the cricketer's daughter on television, and used to pass lewd comments about her.

His family has claimed that he is mentally unstable. A medical examination will take place to prove if that's true or not.

As per preliminary investigation, Mitti, a school dropout, got Tendulkar's landline number from Internet, the official said. A case was registered a few days back after the cricketer's manager approached the police.

During investigation, police traced the caller's location to West Bengal and dispatched a team that arrested him on Saturday.

Confirming the development, DCP, Zone IX, Paramjit Singh Dahiya said Mitti was picked form Midnapore district. He was being brought to Mumbai.

Mitti has been booked under sections 354 D (offence of stalking), 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC, the DCP said, adding that further investigation is on.