Police arrested Nageshwor Kushwaha, a 50-year-old resident of Uchidih in Dewahi Gonahi Municipality-7 of Rautahat and local congress leader on the charge of raping a 27-year-old woman. Kushwaha was arrested on July 10 after the victim lodged a rape complaint against him. According to the police, the accused took the victim to Garuda Bazaar on his motorcycle to buy some household items on July 7 and raped the woman by taking her to a fence on the bank of Jhanj River near Garuda Bazaar.