Police have arrested  3 youths on the charge of raping an elderly woman having a physical disability in Madi Municipality-2 Shitalpur of Chitawan on Wednesday evening.

According to inspector Harka Bahadur Bishwokarma of Area Police Office Madi, the arrested have been identified as 18-year-old Sandip Bhandari of Madi-4 Shitalpur, 28-year-old Ramesh Saru Magar, and 25-year-old Suresh Chapagai. The youths allegedly raped the elderly woman while she was returning home from a prayer ceremony. The victim's brother saw the incident and informed the police by taking control of Sandip Bhandari. Police arrested the other two later.

The arrested were sent to Bharatpur for further investigation on Thursday morning. The victim is also being sent to Bharatpur for medical examination.