Incident Reports

Traffic police personnel arrested on charge of gang rape in Rupandehi

2021-01-21

Lumbini, Rupandehi, Lumbini Sanskritik

Bishal Sharma a traffic police personnel working in Rupandehi has been arrested on the charge of being involved in gang-rape of a girl on November 8.

SP Prabin Pokhrel said along with Sharma, Guru Charan Chaudhary involved in the incident has also been arrested while two others are absconding.

Both the arrested are from Kapilvastu's Banganga while the absconding are two Indian nationals. The victim reported to the police that Sharma and the others raped her and took nude pictures of her sister on November 8 at Kanchan Rural Municipality-5 of  Rupandehi.

Although the accused denied his involvement in the incident, Pokhrel claimed that he may have been involved in the incident.

Although the incident took place about three months ago, the accused was arrested after the victim's family lodged a complaint on January 21, said Kamal Pariyar, Inspector at the Area Police Office, Saljandi. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Sexual Assault
Weapons None
Primary Cause Rape/sexual assault
Actor 1 - Number of people 4
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals , Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Raped 1
Female Raped 1
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