RAUTAHAT: A rape case has been reported in Pacharukhi VDC of Rautahat, on Thursday.

A 13-year-old girl is said to have been raped by a local youth identified as Rajesh Mahara (18) on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The victim, who had gone to the forest for collecting fodders on Tuesday afternoon was found unconscious the following day. The parents of the girl discovered her at around 2 pm on Wednesday in a paddy field near Jhajh Khola after searching her for all night.

Upon regaining consciousness, the victim had told her parents that she had been held hostage all the night and was repeatedly raped until morning.

Meanwhile, the kin of the girl have demanded immediate action against the boy who has been absconding after the alleged crime.

Police are searching for the alleged offender, informed DSP Nabin Krishna Bhandari of the Rautahat District Police Office.