Baitadi: Police have received a complaint of rape against 22 year old Ashok Bahdaur Chand of Melauli municipality-2. Chand is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl. In the complaint the, victim states that he raped her in February, 2022 while she was going to grassland. The incident surfaced only after the relatives came to know of her pregnancy. 

The accused had also served as a temporary police during the local elections. Police is yet to get hold of the accused.