Former mayor arrested on minor rape charges ordered to be released on bail: RajdhaniDaily.com

Kathmandu. The High Court has ordered the release of former mayor of Birtamod Municipality Dhruv Kumar Shiwakoti on bail, who was arrested on charges of raping a minor. Shiwakoti was arrested in November on charges of raping a minor whom he had hired to work at home. However, he was staying in the hospital instead of being detained. A joint bench of judges Kiran Kumar Pokharel and Rekha Thapa Pandey of the Biratnagar and Ilam benches of the High…