Police have registered a complaint against 23-year-old Ammar Singh Lodh,  of Mayadevi Rural Municipality-1 Rupandehi, on September 9, on a charge of raping a 17-year-old girl. According to Sub-Inspector Delambar Ghimire, “the victim’s side had lodged a complaint at the Area Police Office, Lumbini, on September 7,  alleging that the accused had raped the girl several times before September 1 by luring her. The victim’s side said that the girl was  last raped on September 1.”

The victim underwent a medical examination at Bhim Hospital, Bhairahawa, on September 3.