Padam Bahadur Tamang of Katakuti VDC, Dolakha raped a local girl some 15 days ago, District Police Office Dolakha informed.
Tamang who owns a shop in the village raped the girl when the latter visited his shop.
The case was filed after 12 days of the incident, Sub-inspector Bhata Raj Shrestha.
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