Kathmandu,balatkaari apradh ko 14 barsa pachi pakrau. KATHMANDU: An absconding culprit, who was sentenced life imprisonment for raping a girl, has been nabbed from Koteshwor, on Wednesday. He has been absconding for 14 years. The arrestee has been identified as Sitaram Basnet (42) from Chandragadhi-3 of Jhapa district. Basnet had raped and murdered Sandhya Rajbanshi of Jhapa in Charaali jungle of Jhapa on October 15, 2000. The Supreme Court had sentenced him with life imprisonment on September 14, 2009. Police team deployed from Central Investigation Bureau has submitted Basnet to the Kathmandu District Court.