Gelephu drungkhag court sentenced a 37-year-old man from Samtenling in Gelephu to seven years in prison for attempting to rape a minor.

Tshewang Palden, who works for the Army Welfare Project, was found guilty of attempting to rape a nine-year-old girl in September last year when the girl and her friends were swimming in Ipoli stream.

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