Convict 68-year-old Dal Bahadur Giri of Eishelukharka was held on Sunday. He had absconded after a woman died when he was aborting a foetus 20 years ago in the district. According to DSP Bidhyananda Majhi, Giri was accused of helping a woman abort her foetus in 1995 and he had absconded after district court gave a verdict of six-month detention in 1998. Meanwhile, rape accused 26-year-old Tek Bahadur Tamang of Eiselukharka was arrested after five years in the district on Monday. He was accused of raping a 35-year-old woman of the locality. The District Court had sentenced him to nine years and 10 months imprisonment.