District Court Tanahun remanded a youth accused of rape to custody for further investigation, on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Suraj Thadrai, 22, of Risti. He has been accused of raping the victim frequently. The victim is now pregnant. According to Surya Prasad Bhandari, registrar at the district court, a single bench of judge Krishna Prasad Poudel ordered Thadrai to custody. Thadrai had raped the 16-year-old victim recently while she was grazing cattle on July 31. He was arrested as per the FIR lodged by the victim’s in-law, said District Police Office, Tanahun. Police have filed a rape case against the accused.