Police on Tuesday arrested 44-year-old Rishiram Acharya of Ghorahi sub-metropolitan city-15 on the charge of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old local girl since the past 8 months.

Police arrested him on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim's family at District Police Office Dang on Monday stating that he repeatedly raped the minor girl since September 2018 by threatening her informed SP Bel Bahadur Pande of DPO.

The victim underwent medical examination at Rapti Institute of Health Sciences on Monday.