On Thursday night, police arrested a 46-year-old man from ward 7 of Madhyanepal Municipality on the charge of raping a 14-year-old mentally challenged girl.

According to Police Inspector Thaneshwar Chapai, information officer at the Lamjung District Police Office, the girl was allegedly raped by the man in a local forest on Thursday afternoon, and the arrest was made after victim’s relatives filed a complaint.

The accused was presented at the District Court on Friday and has been remanded into judicial custody by the court.

Further investigation into the case is going on, said Chapai.