The government has formed a probe committee to investigate the incident of a girl who was sexually abused eight years while taking part in a beauty pageant.

The Nepal Police headquarters on Friday formed a five-member probe committee at the direction of Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand to look into the incident.

The committee was formed under the leadership of senior SP Basant Kunwar. 

SP Krishna Koirala, DSP Kopila Chudal, DSP Hari Basnet and Inspector Sapana Khadka are the members of the committee.

The committee has started the work from today itself.

Saying that his serious attention has been drawn towards the videos where the victim had told the horrifying story of being sexually exploited, the Home Minister directed the police to investigate the videos and take necessary action against the perpetrators.

Earlier this morning, youths staged a demonstration outside the residence of the Prime Minister in Baluwatar to express solidarity with the victim and to demand action against the culprits.

They had demanded that a time limit on filing complaints on rape cases be removed.

Earlier on Wednesday, the girl came out with a series of videos on TikTok claiming that she was drugged and raped in 2014 when she was16-year-old.