Police on Monday arrested four men from Triyuga Municipality-6 in Udayapur district on charge of raping a 35-year-old woman on Sunday night. 

Superintendent of Police (SP) Nabaraj Bhatta said the suspects had abducted the woman from Lahan in Siraha district and raped her inside a car.

A police team from Lalpata Police Post had captured the perpetrators while they were taking the victim to Gaighat, the district headquarters of Udayapur, from Lahan.

Police identified the suspects as Nitesh Kumar Sah, Amit Sah, Sandesh Gupta and Bibek Sah.

The woman told police that she had gone to Lahan Bazaar to buy medicines when the four men abducted her and took turns raping her inside a car.

SP Bhatta said the District Court of Udayapur on Monday remanded the suspects to judicial custody pending investigation.

Two minor girls raped in Makwanpur

HETAUDA: Makwanpur police on Monday arrested two persons in separate rape incidents where the victims were minors. Police said involved the rape of a five-year-old girl by a 15-year-old boy in Bagmati Rural Municipality-8. The accused was arrested following a police complaint lodged by the girl’s family. In another incident, police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-2 on charge of raping a 15-year-old girl. (PR)