Saptari, Balika balatkaarka aaropit thunama.
Saptari/ May 27
District Court of Saptari has remanded a 32-year-old man in custody on May 16 on charge of raping a 15-year-old girl. The accused is the uncle of victim, the police source said. A single bench of district judge Chandra Bahadur Saru gave his verdict to remand him in custody. He was sent to Rajbiraj prison.
The victim had lodged an FIR at District police office on April 29 accusing him of raping her on many occasions. Based on the complaint lodged by the victim, the accused was arrested by the Area Police Office on the same day and was handed over to District Police Office. The victim had a health checkup on the same day at Rajbiraj Zonal hospital.
The victim has been living with her grandmother after her mother died four years ago and her father went for foreign employment. District Police Office had filed a case of rape against the accused and presented it to the court on May 25.