Witch doctor nabbed over rape charges

A faith healer has been arrested by the police in Parsa district on accusation of raping a teenage girl in the pretext of curing her disease.

The witch doctor identified as Santa Bahadur Thapa Magar, 54, of Thori VDC-1 in Parsa district has admitted that he raped the girl, RSS quoted local police as saying.

The victim, who was suffering from epilepsy, is undergoing treatment at Narayani Sub-regional Hospital, Birgunj, and her condition is improving, officials at the hospital said. nepalnews.com