GAUSHALA: Police have arrested a teenager on charge of raping a four-year-old child in Gaushala Municipality-2 in Mahottari district.

The arrestee has been identified as Ramesh Bhujel (18) of Gaushala Municipality-2.  Bhujel was arrested in connection to the rape case of the minor, said Inspector Shambhu Pokharel of Area Police Office, Gaushala.

Bhujel allegedly lured the four-year-old girl, who was playing near her house, towards a sugarcane grove and raped her on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Bhujel is in the custody of Area Police Office, Gaushala  and will be tried under a rape case, police said.