More than 20 cases have been reported in the district since mid-July, health officials say.

Authorities in Baitadi and Syangja districts facing obstructions from locals who are against cremating the bodies of Covid-19 victims near their settlements.

There are multiple reports of people fleeing various isolation and quarantine centres in Baitadi district, putting communities at risk of a local transmission of the virus.

The family had earlier refused to receive her body demanding forensic medical reports yet to arrive from Kathmandu lab.

They believe more people may have been involved in the mudrer besides the teenage suspect.

The suspect is a teenage boy studying in the same school as the victim, said police.

Police to make public the suspect amid a press conference later today.

Police claim that they will make public the perpetrators soon.

Schools remain closed as calls grow louder that culprit(s) should be booked. Police say, based on the post-mortem report, someone killed the 17-year-old after rape.

Police say someone raped and murdered the girl as the report suggests wounds on her head, legs, mouth, hands and private parts.

The 17-year-old girl, who did not return home from school on Wednesday, was found dead in a forest on Thursday.

The 17-year-old girl, who did not return home from school on Wednesday, was found dead in a forest on Thursday.

The girl’s family suspects that she was murdered and have demanded authorities to arrest the perpetrators.

Archaic beliefs of the local population that daughters are less than sons have led a majority of women to keep having babies until they bear a son, health officials say.

The two countries have restricted movement of people to contain the spread of coronavirus.