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Girl kills man attempting to rape her
A 13-year-old girl killed an elderly man who allegedly tried to rape her in Ramechhap on Thursday.A 13-year-old girl killed an elderly man who allegedly tried to rape her in Ramechhap on Thursday.
Purna Bahadur Shrestha, 65, of Mudajor, Ramechhap Municipality-7, died on the spot when the girl, granddaughter in his relation, attacked him with an iron rod.
According to Inspector RajendraThapa of the District Police Office, Ramechhap, Shrestha tried to rape the girl when had gone to collect fodder for cattle.
The girl who escaped the incident later brought an iron from her house and attacked Shrestha.
Following the incident, the girl, along with a friend,walked for two hours to surrender before Ramechhap Police Post.She also handed over an iron rod she supposedly used to attack the man to the police.
It has been learnt that the Shrestha is an unmarried man.
The District Police Office, Ramechhap, has started investigation into the case.
A police team headed by Thapar eached the incident site and sent the body to District Hospital for postmortem.