15 Bangladeshi Nationals Arrested in Kathmandu for Illegal Activities

Kathmandu. Fifteen Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested on charges of being involved in illegal activities centered around the tourist area of Thamel and its surroundings in Kathmandu.

A special police team dispatched from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested them from Hotel S located in Paknajol, Ward No. 16 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Acting on a secret tip-off that they were staying in Nepal on visit visas with suspicious activities contrary to the purpose of their visa, the police raided the said hotel on Jestha 15. During the investigation, it was revealed that the arrested Bangladeshi nationals were operating illegal businesses by renting rooms on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors of Hotel S.

They used to create fake accounts of foreign models and young women on the social media platform Facebook to target Bangladeshi and Indian nationals. They were found to be involved in cybercrime and illegal activities such as befriending ordinary men in the name of young women, conversing with them, and later blackmailing them for large sums of money under various pretexts.

Among those arrested are 25-year-old MD Majidul Islam Redoy, 22-year-old Safiul Islam, 22-year-old Appon Chanda Saha, 26-year-old Abdullah Al Jobayer, 26-year-old Abul Hasnai, and 24-year-old Al Shahriar. Similarly, 30-year-old Faisal, 25-year-old Azad Hossain, 19-year-old MD Ajmain, 20-year-old MD Tamim Hasan Saurabh, 20-year-old MD Jakaria Jannat, 24-year-old Sakil Anwar, 21-year-old Harjot Billal Rafat, 25-year-old Omit Hasan Shekat, and 30-year-old MD Ismam Hasan Swadhin have also been arrested. All these arrested Bangladeshi nationals were residing in Ward No. 16 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

According to Police Superintendent Rameshwar Karki, the Information Officer at the Crime Investigation Office, all the arrested foreign nationals have been sent to the Department of Immigration for further investigation and necessary legal action under the Immigration Act.