Police arrested a 36-year-old father of Dailekh on November 25 on the charge of raping a 17-year-old girl. He was arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim on November 25 alleging that the victim was repeatedly raped for three years and she was last raped on July 9.

The girl, who has been living under the protection of her relatives outside the district for about three and a half months after realizing that she was insecure after the incident, reached the INSEC Karnali State Office in Surkhet on November 21 and disclosed about the incident.