Kathmandu:

Nepali police have sought assist from Interpol to find the nation’s fugitive suspended nationwide cricket captain, they stated Tuesday.

A Nepali courtroom issued an arrest warrant for Sandeep Lamichhane earlier this month following an allegation of rape by a 17-year-old lady.

However the leg-spinner is believed to have remained within the Caribbean the place he was enjoying in a match.

Interpol issued a “diffusion” discover towards him on Sunday asking member international locations for his or her co-operation finding him, Nepali police spokesperson Tek Prasad Rai instructed AFP.

“We hope this can assist the arrest of Lamichhane for the investigation of a rape grievance case towards him,” he stated.

Lamichhane had pledged on social media Sunday to return residence “as quickly as potential” to battle the accusation.

With out revealing his whereabouts, the 22-year-old posted on Fb that he was in “isolation” because of his psychological and bodily situation, saying the arrest warrant had “made me mentally disturbed”.

Lamichhane had been a poster boy for the rise of cricket in mountainous Nepal, which gained one-day worldwide standing in 2018.

His large 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 Nepal’s most sought-after cricketer.

After the arrest warrant was issued he was suspended as captain of the nationwide workforce and he pulled out of the Caribbean Premier League, the place he was enjoying for the Jamaica Tallawahs.

About 2,300 rape instances had been reported in Nepal within the final fiscal yr, in keeping with police, however rights employees say many extra assaults go unreported.

Solely a handful of girls in Nepal spoke out in the course of the #MeToo motion, and people accused have confronted little or no repercussions over the allegations.

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