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Indian national arrested for attempting to rape Nepali girl

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Press Trust of India Kathmandu

An Indian national was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a girl in Nepal's Dhading district, police said here on Friday.

The 30-year-old accused, a resident of Ayodhya town in Uttar Pradesh, was on a business trip to Dhading, police said.

The man deals in clothes, they said.

The man was arrested from Gajuri area of Dhading for attempting to rape a 21-year-old Nepali girl, police said.

In another incident, a Nepali man was arrested from Kailali district for illegally possessing Indian currency.

Acting on a tip-off, police carried a search on the house of Motiram Jaishi and seized Indian currency worth Rs 1.25 million from a plastic bucket buried in his garden.

 

As per preliminary investigations, the man fled India after stealing the money, police said, without revealing any further detail.

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First Published: Nov 15 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

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