Kathmandu, May 14
Nepal Police says it is preparing to ask the international criminal police organisation, Interpol, to issue a diffusion notice against absconding suspects of four-month-old Darbarmarg rape case.
Suspects Bikash Gautam, Ravi Poudel and Deepak Shrestha have been at large after the rape in January. Police have forwarded the case to government attorneys to decide the case they will face.
The investigation report with recorded statements from the accused has been presented to the District Government Attorney Office, according to DSP Mohan Thapa at the Metropolitan Police Range.
The main accused Shailesh Karki, who is said to be the victim’s boyfriend, has already been arrested in March.
The 22-year-old victim had reportedly gone to stay over at Darbarmarg-based Landmark Hotel with her beau on January 21. According to the victim, she was offered wine before her boyfriend, Karki, and his friends assulted her.
The next morning, the victim had rushed to Kamalpokhari-based Metropolitan Police Circle to file a case against the four claiming that they gangraped her.
The case came into the limelight after the police officials refused to register the case against the alleged rapists and tried to settle the case for money.
