Two arrested on charges of girl trafficking in Nepal

Two Nepalese men have been arrested on charges of trafficking a girl to India on the pretext of providing her with a job, police said. Bhuwan Tamang, 31 and Aite Lepcha, 29 from Nagdhunga were arrested from Thankot in the outskirt of Kathmandu, they added.

The duo was taking the 20-year-old girl towards India border from Kakarbhitta in a suspicious manner by hiding her real identity on the pretext of providing her a job, police added. Both of them have been taken into custody and further investigation into the matter has been initiated, police said.