Accused Arrested for Rape

  January 6, 2025 By: INSEC

Police arrested 27-year-old Hariram Chaudhary of Gauriganga Municipality–6, Banbehda, on 5 January 2025, on charges of raping an 18-year-old woman.

The aggrieved party informed the INSEC representative over a phone call that the accused had taken the victim to the forest on 5 July and raped her repeatedly. She added that they received threats that her daughter would be killed if the incident was disclosed, which is why the information was reported late. The aggrieved party filed a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office, Kailali, on 5 January. Based on the complaint, the accused was arrested from Banabehda on 5 January, and an investigation is ongoing, as per DSP Kabindra Singh Bohara of the District Police Office, Kailali.

The victim underwent a health examination at Seti Provincial Hospital, Dhangadhi, on 6 January.


Mainamoti Chaudhary