Achham, Feb. 26 -- An impoverished family from Chaurpati Rural Municipality in Achham, a hill district of Sudurpaschim Province, is in dire straits as its 12-year-old daughter was allegedly raped repeatedly and impregnated while living in India for work.

The couple had been working in Surat in the Indian state of Gujarat. The victim's father was employed as a watchman while her mother worked as a domestic help for a long time. A 46-year-old man, a distant relative who lived in the next room of the same house, has been accused of repeatedly raping the minor and threatening to kill her if she disclosed the incident to her parents.

Leaving their only daughter in the rented room, the parents would go to work. The accused is a permanent resi...