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Govt official held on rape charge
A government official here in the district has been arrested on the charge of raping a minor.Raja Ram Yadav, 31, allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl at Battar-based Aadarsha Hotel in Bidur-3 on Sunday morning.
The accused took the victim into his hotel room and committed the crime. The victim is a worker at the hotel.
The suspect, a permanent resident of Patthardada-5 in Saptari district, has been working at District Education Office as an overseer for the past three years. He had stayed in the hotel on Saturday night. The suspect had fled from the hotel after the incident.
Gyan Kumar Dangol, the hotel owner, nabbed the fleeing government official from Sangamchok and later handed him over to police for investigation.
Police said the accused had taken the victim to his room forcefully as she had woken up early in the morning to clean the hotel building.
The victim lodged a complaint at the police demanding strong action against the suspect.