Nepal – Five held for conducting fatal abortion

Wed, 22 April 2026
By Kapil Gyawali, Rupandehi

Five individuals including two physicians have been arrested for conducting unsafe abortion that resulted in the death of a pregnant woman in Butwal.

The police held two doctors on Wednesday in addition to three chemists taken under control on Tuesday following registration of case by relatives of Gita Pande, a pregnant woman who died during abortion process.