KATHMANDU: A Nepali courtroom issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for the captain of the nationwide cricket workforce, police mentioned, after a 17-year-old woman accused him of rape.
Sandeep Lamichhane, 22, has been a poster boy for the rise of cricket in mountainous Nepal, which gained one-day worldwide standing in 2018 however stays a great distance from contesting a World Cup.
The leg spinner’s huge break got here when he was snapped up by the Delhi Capitals for the money-spinning Indian Premier League in 2018, and he has since been probably the most sought-after Nepali cricket participant in worldwide T20 leagues.
A 17-year-old woman, together with a guardian, filed a grievance in opposition to the participant earlier this week, alleging that he raped her in a lodge room in Kathmandu final month after they met and went out.
Lamichhane is presently taking part in for Jamaica Tallawahs within the Caribbean Premier League being held throughout the West Indies. His newest Instagram publish, posted three days in the past, was tagged at a lodge in St Lucia.
“The district court has issued an arrest warrant against Sandeep Lamichhane for further investigation,” Dinesh Mainali, a spokesman for Kathmandu district police, advised AFP.
Police mentioned Wednesday that they could search the help of regulation enforcement abroad, or Interpol, if he was not in Nepal.
Lamichhane was named captain of Nepal’s nationwide workforce final 12 months.
Sandeep Lamichhane, 22, has been a poster boy for the rise of cricket in mountainous Nepal, which gained one-day worldwide standing in 2018 however stays a great distance from contesting a World Cup.
The leg spinner’s huge break got here when he was snapped up by the Delhi Capitals for the money-spinning Indian Premier League in 2018, and he has since been probably the most sought-after Nepali cricket participant in worldwide T20 leagues.
A 17-year-old woman, together with a guardian, filed a grievance in opposition to the participant earlier this week, alleging that he raped her in a lodge room in Kathmandu final month after they met and went out.
Lamichhane is presently taking part in for Jamaica Tallawahs within the Caribbean Premier League being held throughout the West Indies. His newest Instagram publish, posted three days in the past, was tagged at a lodge in St Lucia.
“The district court has issued an arrest warrant against Sandeep Lamichhane for further investigation,” Dinesh Mainali, a spokesman for Kathmandu district police, advised AFP.
Police mentioned Wednesday that they could search the help of regulation enforcement abroad, or Interpol, if he was not in Nepal.
Lamichhane was named captain of Nepal’s nationwide workforce final 12 months.
