Mohali, April 24 -- A 14-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by her father after her mother separated from him in Phase 1, Mohali, police said.

A rape case under multiple BNS sections has been registered against the accused, a daily wage labourer, and a manhunt launched for his arrest.

The minor girl narrated to police that their parents had strained relations. Thus, her mother left for her native village in Haryana on January 12. The girl said her mother took her brother with her, while leaving her and her sister with their father.

The day her mother left home, her father sexually assaulted her and threatened her to stay mum, the girl alleged, stating that she was raped thrice.

Eventually, her mother returned home to collect her stuff...