Police arrested 31-year-old Raju alias Dor Kumar Poudel on the charge of raping a 32-year-old woman and sexually abusing her husband from Bardanda of Bardibas-5 in Mahottari. Poudel allegedly raped the couple after beating them.

According to the police, the accused entered the couple's room on May 21 and threatened to kill them by spraying petrol and showing khukuri. The villagers had held the accused and handed him over to the police.