45-year-old held on rape charges

KATHMANDU: Police arrested 45-year-old Som Bahadur Theeng, a resident of Bardibas Municipality-10 Khairbana, on the charge of raping a 21-year-old lady on Monday afternoon.

On the basis of a complaint that Theeng forced the lady in the forest near Khairbana Jhora river in Bardibas Municipality-10 Khairbana, the police stationed from district police office Bardibas arrested him.

The police are investigating further in this regard.