Police arrested Lucky Buda, a 20-year-old resident of Daniwada  Tila Rural Municipality-3, on August 3 on the charge of raping a 16-year-old girl on May 25. The victim's side had lodged a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office, Jumla on May 29.

The accused was undergoing treatment at Karnali Institute of Health Sciences for two months after he was seriously injured while trying to flee after seeing the police who went for questioning immediately after the complaint.