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Other Claimed spiritual healing or mediumship Jumla, Nepal · 2026

Nepal: self-styled spiritual figure held on remand for raping a girl kept as his 'dharmaputri'

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Context only

Evidence status

Charged

Authority role

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Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The victim lived in the defendant's household under the dharmaputri relationship, a spiritually-framed guardianship role that placed her directly under his authority as a self-styled religious figure ('Premraja').

  • Spiritual healing or treatment

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. Date in cited record · Remand to custody pending trial; prosecutors seek 20-year sentence

    Jumla, Nepal. Remand to custody pending trial; prosecutors seek 20-year sentence

Primary record

Sources

OS Nepal (2026) 'धर्मपुत्री बलात्कार प्रकरण : आरोपित महत पुर्पक्षका लागि कारागार चलान'. Available at: osnepal.com (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Premjung Mahat, known as 'Premraja', held on pre-trial detention in Jumla on charges of raping a girl he kept in his household in the role of dharmaputri (a form of religious/adopted daughter under a spiritual guardian's authority). Government prosecutors have sought a 20-year sentence; case is before the district court.

OS Nepal (2026) 'धर्मपुत्री बलात्कार प्रकरण : आरोपित महत पुर्पक्षका लागि कारागार चलान'. Available at: osnepal.com (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Premjung Mahat, known as 'Premraja', held on pre-trial detention in Jumla on charges of raping a girl he kept in his household in the role of dharmaputri (a form of religious/adopted daughter under a spiritual guardian's authority). Government prosecutors have sought a 20-year sentence; case is before the district court.

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