A 14-year-old victim under the protection of  INSEC and other organizations lodged a complaint against 34-year-old Bishnu Chaudhary of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolis-18, the director of the Helpless Child Development Nepal orphanage, on March 24 on the charge of raping her.

The victim was from Jumla and saying that she does not have any guardian at Dang, the accused took the girl to his orphanage in Tulsipur-18  on May 15, 2018.

However, the girl after the rape incident on March 21, escaped from the centre and was kept in a safe house in Ghorahi sub-district under the initiative of human rights activists. Police are searching for the absconding accused and started an investigation into 15 other helpless children living in the child development centre.