Police arrested 55-year-old Khadke Bohora of Bithadchir Rural Municipality-1 Khulamahar on March 10 on the charge of raping a 17-year-old girl.
The aggrieved filed a complaint at police on March 9 against the accused alleging that the accused threatened and raped the victim while she was in the forest cutting grass and grazing cattle on the 23 February.
Inspector Dipesh Chaudhary of District Police Office, Bajhang said that the accused has been arrested and the investigation is currently going on.
The health examination of the victim was done on 10 March at the District Hospital, Simkhet.