Rape accused Nepal national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane will be kept in the central jail in Sundhara. Following the order of the Kathmandu District Court, Lamichhhane will be kept at the Sundhara-based central jail Jagannath Dewal, Dinesh Mainali, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Kathmandu, said. A government lawyer had filed a charge sheet against Lamichhane at the Kathmandu District Court.

A single bench of Justice Madhav Ghimire on Friday had issued an order to keep Nepal’s leg spinner Lamichhane in custody.

Earlier, 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.