Two Arrested in Kathmandu for Allegedly Defrauding Job Seekers with False Promises of Overseas Employment

Two individuals have been arrested by the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office for defrauding youths with attractive promises of foreign employment. They were apprehended in Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward No. 31 after allegedly collecting large sums of money and subsequently disappearing, claiming they would send people to countries like Croatia and Greece.

The arrested individuals have been identified as 43-year-old Upasana Bhandari, permanently residing in Ward No. 12 of Panauti Municipality, Kavrepalanchok, and currently living in Kathmandu-8, and 23-year-old Yuvraj Kunwar, permanently residing in Ward No. 1 of Tikapur Municipality, Kailali, and currently living in Lalitpur-11. Upasana is accused of defrauding one victim of 1.2 million rupees under the pretext of sending them to Croatia.

Similarly, preliminary police investigation revealed that Yuvraj collected 1.9 million rupees from five youths with the promise of sending them to Greece. They had allegedly kept the unemployed youths in suspense by showing them dreams of high salaries in foreign employment before absconding. The police team, acting on complaints filed by the victims, arrested them on Magh 22.

Police Superintendent Manohar Prasad Bhatta informed that both individuals have been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment in Tahachal for further investigation and necessary legal action.