Police arrested Kishor Rawal, 32, of Krishnapur Municipality-1 on March 4 on charges of raping and attempting to traffick a 16-year-old girl on March 19, 2016. The Supreme Court had sentenced Rawal to 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 100,000 on August 8, 2024, after finding him guilty of rape and human trafficking. However, he had been absconding since the verdict. According to Ramdatt Bhatta, assistant chief of Kanchanpur District Jail, police arrested Rawal and sent him to the district jail to serve his sentence.
The aggrieved party had filed a complaint against Rawal at Geta Police Post on March 22, 2016, accusing him for raping the minor and attempting to traffick her.