The Banke district court has sent Chandra Yadav alias Shyam of Kohalpur Municipality-3 to custody for investigation on charge of raping a minor girl.

Judge Krishna Kamal Adhikari of the district court gave the order on January 8. SI Dhhirendra Bista of the area police office Kohalpur said that Yadav had been sent to the district prison Banke following the court order.

Yadav has been accused of raping the girl who was working as a domestic help in his house on December 7 and 8. Police had arrested him after the victim's family filed a case at the APO Kohalpur on December 9.

The girl, an orphan, is taking shelter at the CWIN,  Nepalgunj.