Police have arrested 31-year-old Dawa Sherpa permanent resident of Sankhuwasabha, Chainpur Municipality-1, and temporary living at Taplejung  Atharai Triveni Rural Municipality-1 on October 7 on the charges of raping a 17-year-old girl.

The victim's 42-year-old uncle had lodged a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office on October 7 accusing him of raping the girl by threatening to kill her with a khukuri.

According to DSP Mahendra Kumar Shrestha of the District Police Office, the accused was arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim. 

The girl health examined has been conducted at the District Hospital on October 7.