Udayapur youth held for rape attempt, repeated sexual assault

UDAYAPUR: Police have arrested a youth of Chilaune VDC-4 in Udayapur district on a rape attempt charge.

Tara Bahadur Raut (18) was arrested on the charge of raping a local fourth grader.

He was arrested on Friday.

It is learnt that Raut used to sexually assault the girl for few months and was arrested on Friday as he was attempting to rape the child, police added.

According to police, Raut had been committing the crime for some months, threatening her while she returned home from school.