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Fans cheer Nepali cricketer Lamichhane accused of rape / 33996TH
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Hundreds of Nepali cricket fans cheer as the country's star spin bowler Sandeep Lamichhane returned to the field while on bail facing rape charges. Lamichhane is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in a Kathmandu hotel room last August. He was suspended as national captain and arrested, but was freed on bail at the end of January 2023, with Nepal's cricket association announcing a day later his ban had been lifted. "Okay, he is facing accusations. He should be punished if it is proven," fan Saroj Ghimire tells AFP. "But my view is that he should not be kept out of matches just because of such accusations." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES