KATHMANDU: An Australian national has been arrested in Nepal on the charge of pedophilia.
According to the Metropolitan Police Circle, Bouddha, the arrestee is 58-year-old Gonduk Rinpoche.
Rinpoche, the Chief of Kadamba Bouddha Academy in Aarubari, was arrested on Thursday afternoon.
He has been accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy.
Rinpoche was presented before Kathmandu District Court today and the court remanded him to custody.
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