LOD owners arrested on charges for unauthorized entry of minor that led to rape

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Police arrest Lord of Drinks owner Suwal Police say owners of the nightclub will be charged with violence against children over unauthorised entry.bookmarkfacebook twitter mail Post Report Published at : July 6, 2023 Updated at : July 7, 2023 07:46 Kathmandu Police on Thursday arrested Raju Singh Suwal, one of the owners of Lord of Drinks (LoD), a popular nightclub in Thamel, in connection with the rape of a minor girl. Senior Superintendent of Police Siddhi Bikram Shah, Lalitpur police chief, said Suwal was arrested from Baluwatar, adding he has been handed over to Kathmandu Police Range for further investigation. Arrest warrants were issued on June 28 against Suwal and another owner of the club, Rudil Ballav Shrestha, who is currently on the run, police said. Police on June 14 had arrested Sudan Bahadur Koirala on the charge of raping a 15-year-old girl in Lalitpur after taking her away from the nightclub. Owners committed offences against Section 66 (2) of the Act Relating to Children, 2018 by allowing entry of a minor, police said. The provision in the act states that any person involving a child in addictions such as smoking, drinking or gambling and allowing him/her to enter or use him/her in recreational facilities opened for adults such as dance bars and casinos shall be deemed to have committed the act of violence against the child. Such a person(s) is liable to a fine of up to Rs50,000 and imprisonment for up to one year as per the law. https://kathmandupost.com/nati... Police have arrested another owner of Lord of the Drinks (LOD), a night club, Rudil Ballabh Shrestha, today. Shrestha was arrested from Kupandole in connection with a rape of a 16-year-old girl who had gone to LOD, said Chief of the District Police Range, Senior Superintendent of Police, Siddhi Bikram Shah. Similarly, another owner Raju Singh Suwal was arrested from Baluwatar on Thursday evening on the same case. SSP Shah shared that they were arrested for the investigation on the issue of allowing the minor enter in the Club. The District Police Range, Lalitpur, had taken arrest warrant from the Lalitpur District Court against the two owners of the Club. Police have already arrested Sudan Koirala on the charge of raping the girl. https://english.pardafas.com/a...

ktmpost · Aug 25, 2023 11:06 AM · 3,559 views

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Isn't this news old? Like a month or two? It says July 6, 2023, right? Why is this coming up now? For me, I did not know about this LOD or what it meant by LOD really until all the young generation in Nepal gave me a class on this LOD culture they have so ingrained in their lifestyles lately. I googled and met up with some bad reviews left by some foreigners who tried to venture this place but got their mood dampened by the attitude of people working there. I did not grow up in this kind of culture when I left Nepal, so going to bars in the night and returning home drunk and wasted in the morning is still a thing that I cannot still reconcile with. Now a 16 year old sneaking to the bar to get drunk sounds nothing new as drinking culture has just engulfed the current generation so much as if that is the only thing left in life. The unfortunate rape....now what can be said...Sad but scary for innocent girls....who get preyed upon...

Bennedict · Aug 25, 2023 5:39 PM

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