KATHMANDU: Nepali police have detained the brother-in-law of a woman who died in a 'menstruation hut' in what is believed to be the first arrest over the outlawed tradition, officials said Friday .
Parbati Buda Rawat, 21, was found dead on Sunday morning in the western Accham district in a smoke-filled hut because of a fire she had lit to keep warm. If convicted, the man will serve a three-month jail sentence and be fined 3,000 rupees under a law introduced last year against anyone caught imposing chhaupadi.
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