A 36-year-old man from Bajhogara has been arrested on charge of raping a neighbour woman in Dharan.

Police on Friday arrested Dhan Bahadur Damai from Shyam Chowk who was on the run after raping the woman on Wednesday night. 

The woman, who had become a mother just a month ago, was raped at knifepoint in her house, police said.  She was rescued by local women rights activists and taken to hospital. After she was discharged from the hospital on Friday, the woman had tried to commit suicide. She had to be hospitalised again, police said.

One of 3 accused sex offenders ‘re-attacks’ victim A woman from Patthardeiya VDC in Kapilvastu has accused the Ganeshpur Area Police Office of releasing three men who had sexually harassed her on July 14. She has also claimed that one of the trio once again misbehaved with her on August 21.

The woman said the first time she was assaulted by the three men, police arrested them.But instead of initiating legal action, she said, police pressured her into settling the case by accepting Rs 20,000 from the perpetrators. When she refused to such settlement, the three men were freed, she added.

Inspector Sunil Pradhan, however, claimed that the three men were released because the locals and the woman herself had agreed to settle the case at their own terms.