Chief Secretary suspended and government questioned over menstrual shed rape case: Last seven days in Nepal
Representative photo of a Chhaugoth. In some parts of Nepal, menstruating women must live in separate menstrual huts or livestock sheds known as Chhaugoths. Credit: Flickr/The Advocacy Project/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal has been suspended following the filing of a corruption case against him by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA). The Home Ministry has been ordered to respond to questions raised in Parliament regarding the rape of a teenage girl living in a menstrual shed in Achham district. Listen to the major news over the last seven days from Nepal.
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