Dang, Jan. 15 -- Police on Sunday arrested a rape convict who had been on the run for the past two years.

Forty-year-old Ravi Gharti was arrested from Lamahi Municipality-9 and taken to the Dang District Court, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Janak Bahadur Malla.

He had been convicted on a rape charge by the same court on January 10, 2022, and was on the run since.

Gharti was handed a sentence of eight years and ordered to pay a fine of Rs100,000.

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