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Rape convict on the run arrested after two years
Ravi Gharti, 40, was arrested from Lamahi Municipality-9 on Sunday. He had been convicted on a rape charge by the Dang District Court on January 10, 2022.bookmark
Durgalal KC
Published at : January 15, 2024
Updated at : January 15, 2024 14:08
Dang
Police on Sunday arrested a rape convict who had been on the run for the past two years.
Forty-year-old Ravi Gharti was arrested from Lamahi Municipality-9 and taken to the Dang District Court, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Janak Bahadur Malla.
He had been convicted on a rape charge by the same court on January 10, 2022, and was on the run since.
Gharti was handed a sentence of eight years and ordered to pay a fine of Rs100,000.
Durgalal KC
Durgalal KC is the Dang correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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