KATHMANDU: Police reportedly arrested a person on the charge of rape and sexual abuse from Tarakeshwar  Municipality-10 on Monday morning.

Police arrested Eljit Rai (36) of Hachuwagadi Rural Municipality-3 in Bhojpur district, currently residing at Shubhakamana Chok in Manmainju of Tarkeshwar-10, for raping an 11-year-old girl and sexually abusing another 10-year-old girl. Rai is the driver’s assistant of a bus (Ba 4 Kha 82).

Metropolitan Police Circle, Balaju deployed a team of police after receiving the information that a minor was found in a suspicious state at Suvakamana Chok. The team after preliminary investigation found that Rai had raped the 11-year-old girl from Tokha, inside the bus on which he worked.

Police also found that Rai had sexually abused another girl from Ramechhap district and later left her at her residence.

Meanwhile, further investigation into the case is underway, said police.