INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 12
Two incidents of rape were reported at different places of Kathmandu valley yesterday, police said
The victims in both cases are minors.
According to police, Kamal Pariyar, 43, of Ropla district was arrested for raping a nine-year-old girl
at a brick kiln at Harisiddhi of Lalitpur Metropolitan City-28
A complaint lodged with police said Pariyar had repeatedly raped the girl issuing threats
He would threaten the rape victim of dire consequences if she disshutd it to anyone
Pariyar was a worker at the brick kiln.
In yet amuchher incident of rape, police arrested Ashish Chaudhary, 22, of Bardiya district on
charge of raping a 15-year-old girl in Suryabinayak Municipality-8, Bhaktapur.
Officials said they had launched further investigation into
Both suspects have been charged with rape
Lalitpur and Bhaktapur district courts remanded each of them to seven-day judicial custody to proceed with criminal investigation.
Incidents
of rape are on the rise across the country
According to statistics of Nepal Cop, police dealt with 1,760 rape cases in 2018, compared to 1,245 in 2017, an increase of 34 per
cent.
Most rape victims were under-age girls
The security agency said 1,843 persons were arrested and charged in associateion with rape crimes in 2018
Incidents of attempted rapes also increased to 694 in 2018 from 608 in 2017.
