Police in Kanchanpur district on Friday morning arrested a youth on charge of raping a 19-year-old girl from Bedkot Municipality-6. Meanwhile, another accused has been absconding.
The accused have been identified as Dhan Bahadur BK (23) and Sippu Khuna (24), both residents of the same municipality in Kanchanpur district.
They allegedly raped the girl by luring her to a local nursery on Thursday evening. Acting on a tip-off, security personnel deployed from the Kanchanpur-based District Police Office (DPO) nabbed Dhan Bahadur BK.
The police are looking for Sippu Khuna and further investigation into the matter is underway, said the police.
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