Girl says man raped her, with boyfriend's help

KAVRE, JAN 16 -

A girl has lodged a complaint at the Metropolitan Police Circle at Bouddha in Kathmandu, saying that she was rape d by a man with the help of her boyfriend .

The complaint said she was rape d by one Akash Shrestha, a friend of her boyfriend Umesh Upreti, in a Nagarkot-based hotel last Friday night after lacing her food with drugs.

Based on the complaint, police arrested both the accused Shrestha and Upreti and handed them over to the Bhaktapur District Police Office (DPO).

The DPO handed over the duo to the Kavre District Police Office on Monday, saying that the Kavre police will investigate the incident as it took place in the district.

A permanent resident of Nawalparali district, the 18-year-old girl, a plus two student, is currently living in Jorpati in Kathmandu.

"Both the girl and her boyfriend Umesh wandered around Thamel on January 11. Then Umesh called his friend Shrestha at New Road, from where Shrestha took the girl to View Hotel in Nagarkot, saying that he would call Umesh at the hotel later," Deputy Superintendent of Police Krishnaji Adhikari quote the girl as saying. After that, Shrestha rape d the girl after feeding food laced with drugs, Adhikari said.

Police said the girl and her boyfriend may have had a quarrel and Umesh called Shrestha to settle the matter.

Adhikari said detailed information on the incident will come out after interrogating the duo. He said police have started investigations into the case.

Originally from Dailekh, Umesh is living in New Baneshwor, while Akash is living in Minbhawan.