The accused, who is around 32 years old and deals in property business, had over the last one year lured the 15-year-old girl on the pretext of marrying her and taken her to several places, including a hotel at Ambala Cantt, and raped her repeatedly, police said.
When the victim learnt that the man was already married, she narrated the entire incident to her parents.
On her complaint, the city police registered a case under section 376 IPC (rape) and 506 IPC (criminal intimidation) against the accused, who had also allegedly threatened her with dire consequences, and arrested him today.