KANPUR, June 18 -- A 15-year-old girl working at a jewellery showroom in the city's Darshanpurwa area was allegedly held captive at a farmhouse, drugged, and repeatedly raped by the shop owner, senior police officials said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Ashok Kumar Rastogi, has been arrested and sent to jail after the victim complained to commissioner of police, Raghubir Lal.

Rastogi faces charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

According to the police, the teenager had joined Ashoka Jewellers as a worker on May 1. Within days, Rastogi began making inappropriate advances and eventually took her to his farmhouse in Bithoor under the pretext of teaching her t...