This story was translated from Nepali. Read the original in Nepali
Kathmandu. Police have arrested four people on charges of defrauding people of money by luring them with attractive salaries in foreign employment and promising to send them to various countries.
Those arrested are Birendra Tamang, 32, of Kavre, living in Lalitpur Metropolitan City-15; Kamal Prasad Gautam, 38, of Makwanpur, living in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-9; Ganesh Bahadur Budha, 33, of Achham, living in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-14; and Badri Kumar Tamang, 44, of Ramechhap, living in Gokarneshwar Municipality-9, Kathmandu.
According to the victims’ complaints, Birendra took Rs 900,000 from one victim promising to send him to the UK, Kamal took Rs 100,000 from one victim promising to send him to Romania, Ganesh took Rs 300,000 from two victims promising to send them to Australia and Canada, and Badri took Rs 2,189,000 from five victims promising to send them to Poland, and they then became unreachable. Based on the complaints, police deployed from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, Teku, arrested Birendra from Lalitpur Metropolitan City-3, Kamal from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-7 and Ganesh from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-13 on Tuesday, and Badri from Gokarneshwar Municipality-9, Kathmandu, on Wednesday.
They have been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment, Tahachal, Kathmandu, for further investigation and action.
