Ludhiana, March 29 -- A 17-year-old girl in Khanna district was allegedly held captive and repeatedly raped for three months by a local resident after she ran away from home following a dispute with her parents, police said on Saturday.

The victim, who escaped on March 16, accused Karamvir Singh of physically assaulting her whenever she resisted.

The Khanna police registered a zero FIR on March 19 and later transferred the case to Ludhiana police. The Sadar Police of Ludhiana police commissionerate lodged an FIR against the accused on Friday night. The accused Karamvir Singh, who hails from Rohno Kalan village in Khanna, was living in Bulara village at a rented accommodation, the police said.

The victim in the FIR said that around thre...