Man held for raping a minor

KATHMANDU: Police arrested 24-year-old Sandeep Kumar Tharu, a resident of Kohalpur Municipality-2 Bardhawa, on the charge of raping a 17-year-old girl in Banke on Tuesday night.

Based on the complaint that Tharu raped the girl on the night of Karik 19 (Nov 4) in the field of the same place, the police stationed from Kaushilanagar police station and Kohalpur police station arrested him.

The police are conducting necessary investigations in this regard.