Police arrested six people on August 24 for the charge of gang-raping a 16-year-old girl. Among the arrested are, 25-year-old Sunil Rajbanshi, 25-year-old Keshav Kumar Magar, 34-year-old Saroj Rai, 19-year-old Sudip Shrestha, 20-year-old Sujan Dangi and 22-year-old Anish Limbu of Arjundhara municipality-7.
DSP Krishna Kumar Chand of the District Police Office stated that seven individuals were involved in the incident, and a search operation has been initiated for 23-year-old Sajiv Tamang of Arjundhara Municipality-7, who is currently absconding. In the complaint filed by the aggrieved party on 24 August, it was stated that on 23 August, two of the accused came to the house and took the girl out under the pretext of going on an outing.
The health examination of the victim was done on 24 August at the Mechi Provincial Hospital.