ACHHAM, Jan 8: A 22-year-old woman who was sleeping a hut nearby her house in Achham following the monthly period was found dead last night.
She is Gauri Budha, spouse of Birendra Budha of Bhairavsthan of Turmakhand Rural Municipality-3.
Her family went into the hut to check her as she did not wake up until late in the morning. She was the 11th grader at the local Kalikeshwori Higher Secondary School.
Her husband is with the Nepal Police and the family is waiting for his arrival to perform her last rites.
Though the practice of Chhaupadi (the harmful custom that sends women into isolation during the monthly period) is banned by law in Nepal, women continue to fall prey to this deeply rooted ill tradition.