A 12-year-old girl has been brutally raped by a neighbour at her own house, in Jhabaraha of Parsagadi Municipality-3 in Parsa district, on Wednesday, police said. According to Parsa District Police Office, local Sitaram Paudel took advantage of his prey being unattended at house and pounced her while changing uniform after school this afternoon. The victim, upon her parents arrival, narrated the incident. Later, relatives of the victim filed an FIR (first information record) at the Parsa District Police Office. Superintendent of Police (SP) at the DPO Dr. Ganesh Regmi, said “The perpetrator was arrested instantly and sent to judicial custody for further investigation.” Meanwhile, the victim is undergoing treatment at the Birgunj-based Narayani Sub-regional Hospital, police said. The news of the rape came to the fore within two-weeks of another similar incident in the district, wherein a 10-year-old girl was brutally, repeatedly, raped. तेह्र वर्षीया बालिकालाई बलात्कार गरेको आरोपमा पर्सागढी नगरपालिका–३ झबराहा निवासी ५५ वर्षीय सीताराम पौडेललाई प्रहरीले बुधबार पक्राउ गरेको छ । पौडेलले विद्यालयबाट फर्किएर घरमा पुगी कपडा फेर्दै गरेकी ती बालिकालाई मंगलबार कोही नभएको मौका छोपेर बलात्कार गरेका थिए । बलात्कारपछि विछिप्त बनेकी बालिकाले अभिभावक घर फर्केपछि घटनाबारे जानकारी गराएकी थिइन् । बालिकाका अभिभावकले तत्कालै प्रहरीमा उजुरी दिएपछि प्रहरीले अभियुक्तलाई पक्राउ गरेको पर्साका प्रहरी उपरीक्षक डा.गणेश रेग्मीले जानकारी दिनुभयो । प्रहरीले पौडेलविरुद्ध जबरजस्ती करणीअन्र्तगत उजुरी दर्ता गरेको छ । पीडित बालिका पर्सा प्रहरीको संरक्षणमा रहेको पर्सा प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । वीरगंजको नारायणी उपक्षेत्रीय अस्पतालमा पीडित वालिकाको स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण बुधबार नै भएको छ ।