Former Nepal national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane, who was arrested on the rape charge, has been remanded in police custody for seven days. The Kathmandu District Court on Monday ordered the police to keep Lamichhane in custody and proceed with their investigation. He was presented before the court this afternoon due to Dashain holiday although he was arrested four days ago from the Tribhuvan International Airport.

Lamichhane claimed in the court that the girl who accused him of rape was not a minor.

The 22-year-old cricket star’s lawyer said that two birth certificates of the girl have been found during the investigation. According to the birth certificates, it has been clarified that the girl is not minor. A 17-year-old girl had filed a rape complaint against Lamichhane at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala when he was abroad to play Caribbean Premier League (CPL) from Jamaica Tallawahs. According to the complaint, Lamichhane had allegedly taken the girl to various places in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur on August 21 and raped her in a hotel room the same night.