Girl found unconscious, feared gang raped

By Sher Bahadur Rai, Okhaldhunga, May 22: A teenage girl of Dhimle in Manebhanjyang Rural Municipality-5 has been found in an unconscious condition, probably due to brutal beating after the gang rape, on Sunday morning.

The police and the locals have rescued the girl child and taken her to Okhaldhunga community hospital for treatment.

The girl aged 18 years old had slept with the family members after dinner on Saturday evening but was found unconsciously lying at a nearby ravine when the family members started searching for her after not finding her at home in the morning.

A preliminary investigation of the police has indicated that the child may have been severely beaten after a gang rape, according to Sukadev Khanal, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and chief of the Okhaldhunga police office.

Pointing at the wounds in the girl's body, her torn clothes, and the nature of the incident, the locals have guessed that she was beaten after the gang rape and left there believing that she died after she fell unconscious.

DSP Khanal said that preparations were underway to airlift the girl to Kathmandu for further treatment as her condition was critical.

Until we get the report of her medical test, we cannot say whether she was raped or not, DSP Khanal said, adding, that the police has already started a serious investigation into the incident.