BIRATNAGAR, Dec 20: The Morang District Court has sentenced two individuals to life imprisonment on the charge of the gang rape and killing of an 18-month-old girl.

District Court Morang Judge Durga Prasad Dhungel's bench delivered the verdict on December 18, sentencing 25-year-old Ajay Chaudhary and his 28-year-old brother Mithun Chaudhary, both residents of Sundarharaicha Municipality-7, to life imprisonment, as informed by Omraj Subedi, the information officer of the District Court, Morang.

The Chaudhary brothers were found guilty of gang-raping an 18-month-old girl from Sundarharaicha Municipality-7 on March 11, 2022. The incident occurred when the girl was abducted from her courtyard in the evening and taken 150 meters away to a bush of Gachhiya River. Despite receiving medical treatment, the girl succumbed to her injuries on the night of March 11 at the Nobel Medical Hospital in Biratnagar.

A case was registered in the Morang court on April 4, charging the individuals with kidnapping, rape, and homicide.

 
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