Police arrested Rajesh Lama, a 20-year-old youth of Bagmati municipality-8 Rahigaun, working in a brick kiln, on the charge of raping a 7-year-old minor girl.

According to the police, the accused raped the victim on March 25, when her parents were away for work by luring her into the accused's room and tempting her to give her chocolate. Accused absconded on March 31 after a complaint was lodged by victim's side. According to the victim's parents, the incident came into light only after 5 days when the victim showed problems while urinating and when the victim's mother saw injuries in her genitals.