Kathmandu, March 20
Police have arrested the main suspect in the Darbarmarg rape case, which took place in January.
According to police, Shailesh Karki, who is from Ramechham Dura Gaun-3, was arrested on Monday night. Karki and his friends allegedly raped a woman at hotel in Darbarmarg in the last week of January.
The development comes a month after the revelation that the ‘victim’ changed her statement after the suspect paid her Rs 3 million to do so. The victim had agreed to say it in writing that the duo had consensual sex, after she was paid the hefty sum. Following the out-of-court settlement, the ‘victim’ had also agreed not to take any legal action against the suspect.
It was also revealed that police officials from the Darbarmarg-based Metropolitan Police Circle facilitated the negotiation between the family of the woman and the suspect. The suspect even allegedly bribed police personnel to convince them to not take up the case. A formal investigation into the episode was launched soon after the revelations.
Karki is now likely to stand trial.
