Youth accused of raping girl arrested from Basundhara

KATHMANDU: Police, on Monday, arrested a youth who had been absconding for about one-and-a-half years after allegedly raping a girl in Buddhanagar, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-10.

The arrested has been identified as Manoj Khatri (31) of Sinja Rural Municipality-2 in Jumla district.

A team of law enforcers deployed from Metropolitan Crime Division, Teku arrested Khatri from Basundhara and handed him over to Metropolitan Police Circle, Baneshwar for the prosecution.

Khatri was on the run since he allegedly raped the girl, on February 3, 2018, police informed.