CHITWAN, Sept 5: Chief of Statistics Office, Chitwan, Yagyamurti Bhandari has been arrested on charge of raping a lady office assistant for three years.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Rameshwor Karki of District Police Office, Chitwan, said Bhandari was arrested based on a complaint filed by the survivor's brother.
Police have advanced a probe into the case by taking approval from the District Court for Bhandari's stay in custody.
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The woman is receiving treatment in the ICU bed of the Bharatpur Hospital.
The woman was referred to the hospital following excessive bleeding after taking the abortion service in a clinic.
The issue came to the public notice after the rape survivor's health deteriorated critically after getting abortion for the four-month fetus. The case was revealed as her kin did not turn up to the hospital after the clinic's doctors rushed her to the hospital.
Bhandari, 44, is an officer-level government employee from Sunwal Municipality-12 in Nawalparasi Paschim.
(RSS)
