Woman succumbs to injuries from sexual assault in Chitwan: Say police
The woman, who was admitted to Bharatpur Hospital for injuries from the repeated sexual assaults, breathed her last during treatment.
CHITWAN: A 27-year-old woman died from the consequences of sexual assaults in Chitwan. The incident took place at Piple of Rapti municipality-1.
According to the District Police Office Chitwan, Purna Bahadur Ghalan, 45, of Hetauda sub-metropolitan-9 in Makwanpur and currently living in Rapti municipality is alleged of tortured the woman to death after taking her hostage.
The woman, who was admitted to Bharatpur Hospital for injuries from the repeated sexual assaults, breathed her last during treatment, it has been said.
As the police said, the woman who arrived here from Kathmandu to visit her sister-in-law was not sure about the location of the relative’s home. Amidst her effort to track the location, she met the man who tempted her to follow him promising to help her find the location.
Thereafter, the woman was taken hostage by the man and was subjugated to sexual violence multiple times. She was taken to the hospital after she started bleeding from genital injuries.
Police have already apprehended the alleged perpetrator and further investigation into the case are underway, said Superintendent of Police Nawaraj Adhikari.
