KATHMANDU: A 21-year-old youth has been arrested on the charge of raping a teenage girl.
The youth, Raj Kumar Thakur, 21, of Pokhariya, Parsa was working in the under-construction building of the local Nabodaya Primary School.
Thakur has been charged of raping the minor on Wednesday, by taking the girl to a jungle behind the school, Nepal Police headquarters said.
Meanwhile, Raju Tamang, 40, a resident of Triveni in Godavari municipality-2, was found dead in Lakuri Bhanjyang in Mahalaxmi municipality-10.
Further investigation into the incident is underway.
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