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UNCOVERED: Nepal cricket team captain sandeep lamichhane accused of raping minor - Caught on Camera

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An investigation has been launched against Sandeep Lamichhane, Nepal’s national cricket team captain, after a teenage girl accused him of allegedly drugging and raping her in August.

The police in the country’s capital Kathmandu said on Wednesday that they have received a complaint against Lamichhane from a 17-year-old minor.

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