Nepal cricket team captain and star leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, who played for Delhi Capitals in IPL, has been accused of rape by a minor girl in Kathmandu.
As per reports, the popular cricketer raped the minor girl twice in a hotel on August 21.
Nepal police, who registered a complaint based on the 17-year-old girl’s statement, said that they have launched an investigation into the incident. “The police are sensitive to such serious incidents. We have made the supposed survivor undergo a health checkup and launched an investigation,” a top police official of Kathmandu said.
Meanwhile, Lamichhane, who is currently in the West Indies to play the CPL, is yet to respond to the complaint filed against him.