Two unidentified men tried to rape a woman and her daughter in Dhurjanna of Kailali on Monday night. According to the victim two men tried to rape them at their own house on Monday night while they were preparing to sleep.

"We were preparing to sleep in our own rooms, but my daughter got scared after she heard sounds at the house and came to sleep with me. At the same time, we felt some one standing in the dark. When my daughter lit the torch of her mobile phone, we saw two men standing in our room wearing only underwear. They then shut our mouth and tried to rape us. They ran away after we managed to shout for help."

According to the victim's the men dragged the woman's daughter outside the house, but left her at the near the sewer after she fought hard. Both the victims are undergoing treatment at Seti Zonal hospital. Doctors involved in the treatment said that the women had not been raped.

DSP Dakshya Kumar Basnet of District Police Office Kailali said police have been deployed to arrested the perpetrators right from Monday night.