Two elderly men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in raping minor girls in different places of Kailali district. 

DSP Bed Prasad Joshi, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Kailali, said that they have apprehended Tilak Shah (60) for raping an 11-year-old girl of Chure Rural Municipality. 

Joshi said that Shah was arrested based on a complaint that he raped the girl while she had gone to a jungle to collect for the cattle. 

Similarly, police have nabbed Kallu Damai of Ghodaghadi Municipality-11 for raping an 11-year-old girl of the same municipality. 

DSP Laxman Bahadur Shahi, Chief at the Area Police Office, Sukhad, said that Damai was arrested on Sunday. 

Police said that they are looking into both cases.