Accused Arrested for Rape

  December 9, 2024 By: INSEC

Police arrested 57-year-old Dhruba Kumar Siwakoti of Birtamod Municipality-9 on December 9 for the charge of raping a 17-year-old girl. The police arrested Siwakoti on the charge of sexually abusing the girl employed as a domestic worker in his house. The accused was arrested on December 9 after the victim complained to human rights activists that the accused kept her as a domestic worker and repeatedly sexually abused her.

After the human rights activist informed the District Police Office about the incident,the accused was arrested for investigation, according to DSP Krishna Kumar Chand. DSP Chand also stated that the accused had been the former mayor of Birtamode Municipality, elected in the 2017 local elections. The police conducted the victim’s health examination at Mechi Hospital on December 9.


Naresh Khati