INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, December 9
The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has arrested American citizen Jason Lloyd Moody on the charge of
sexually abusing three girls below 11.
The 40-year-old resident of Illinois was arrested from Room No 104 of Memorable Guest House near
Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu yesterday in a ‘compromising position& with two 10-year-old girls, according to police
Moody, who has been visiting Nepal since 2014, faces charges of sexually abusing at least four underage boys as well.
Police had intensified
search for Moody five days ago after getting a tip-off that an American was luring young boys into a hotel in the airport area
&But we were not able to nab him initially as there was no trace of boys who had fallen victim to paedophilia,& CIB Superintendent of Police
&Luckily, we came across a girl, who looked frightened and behaved in a suspicious manner
She told us she had been sexually abused by a foreigner and had escaped from his clutches.&
That girl led police to the hotel
Police entered Moody room on the first floor of the hotel by breaking through the back door
Moody was seen hastily putting on his clothes and was asking two other minors to do the same after police barged in, according to
Pandey.
&One of the girls confirmed that Moody had raped her
How the other two girls were abused is still unclear,& said Pandey
All the girls are undergoing medical check-up
&Albeit Moody has refused to undergo medical test,& said SP Pandey.
Two of the rescued girls are Indian cousins aged 10, while one is a
All of them live in a squatter settlement on the banks of the Bagmati River, a few hundred metres from the airport area.
Parents of one of
the girls have formally lodged a police complaint accusing Moody of raping their child
Two other parents have accused the American of attempting to rape their children.
&We have come to know that Moody has abused four other
boys as well,& said Pandey
&We are trying to find those victims who also reside in the squatter settlement near the airport.&
Moody, according to Pandey, was well
known in the squatter settlement, where he used to distribute food, chocolates and money among children
&He was thus welcomed by children parents, most of who are daily wage earners.&
Moody is a frequent visitor to Nepal
He first visited the country in June 2014 and stayed here for a month
He returned to Nepal in August 2016 and stayed here till December
He made a third visit to Nepal in January 2017 for a period of three months
The last time he arrived in Nepal was in August 2019
He has since been living here and has also joined Biswo Bhasa College to study Nepali language.
Prof Subodhshukla Yajurveda recalled seeing
Moody a few times in the college
&But he was not a regular student and did not communicate much with friends or faculty,& he said.
Besides his passport, police have
confiscated two additional US passports from Moody hotel room, along with a laptop, ATM cards, credit cards, cheques and an identity card
issued by Biswo Bhasa College.
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