Accused Arrested for Statutory Rape

  September 23, 2024 By: INSEC

Police arrested 20-year-old Ruplal Gyawali of Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City-3 on 22 September for raping a 14-year-old girl.

According to District Police Office SP Ram Bahadur KC, 20-year-old Niraj Rana of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City-15, another accused of the incident is currently absconding and further investigation is underway. The aggrieved party filed a complaint at the district police office on September 19 alleging that the girl was raped on September 17. SP KC stated that the search for the absconding accused is ongoing, while Gyawali has been taken into custody, and further investigation is being carried out.

The health examination of the victim was done on September 19 at Rapti Academy of Health Sciences in Ghorahi.


Jayanarayan Pun