Kathmandu, Nepal: Dilip Singh Bista of Khanna Chaurahi in Bhimdatta Municipality-19 of Kanchanpur district has been arrested on Monday on the charge of rape and murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant of the district.
A joint team from Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police and Kanchanpur Police arrested Bista today. He had been absconding after he allegedly murdered 13-year-old girl after rape at Bhimdatta Municipality-2, Ultakham of the district on July 26.
Minor girl Panta was gruesomely murdered after rape while she was returning home after tuition class. Following the arrest, Bista has confessed his involvement, Police have claimed.
Meanwhile, he was presented before the Kanchanpur District Court and remanded to custody for investigation. Police have said that investigation into the case has reached near to the conclusion.
Likewise, Chitwan Police have also said on Monday that it has arrested seven youths for their alleged involvement in two separate gang-rape incidents which occurred at Bharatpur Municipality and Madi Municipality in the district on August 15 and 16.
Yubraj Saru Magar, 21 and Sainthil Dhimal, 19 of Nawalpur, Akash Thapa, 20 and Arjun BK ,35 of Bharatpur and a 17-year-old minor, whose name is kept secret for being a minor had raped 17 year old Shiva Acharya of Pyuthan district.
It is said that five persons had raped taking her to a mineral water production plant in Bharatpur Municipality-11 at night on August 15.
It is revealed that Thapa, who is the driver in profession and his assistant 17 year old boy had lured the girl to ride with them, took her in the water production plant and gang raped through the night after intoxicating her with alcohol.
Similarly, police have also arrested Navraj Mahato, 23 and Ram Pratap Mahato, 24 of Madi Municipality on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl on August 16. It is said that the arrested Mahato duo had raped the minor girl after taking her to a pond in the municipality at night.
