DAO Surkhet seals Raute settlement

June 7, 2021
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The District Administration Office (DAO) of Surkhet has sealed the Raute settlement citing the rising incidents of insecurity in the area. The DAO has prohibited the entry of any outsider to the settlement.

To make sure that no outsider can enter or leave the settlement the District Administration Office has posted 22 police personnel in the settlement. The Rautes have been living on the banks of the Bheri River in Aanpsoti, Gurbhakot Municipality-11 of Surkhet.
The settlement has been sealed after reports of Raute girls being sexually harassed surfaced. Two girls in Gurbhakot Municipality-9 in Surkhet district were sexually harassed after they were offered alcohol and became intoxicated.