Police Arrest Five Individuals for Allegedly Defrauding People of Large Sums by Promising Foreign Employment

Kathmandu. Police today made public the arrest of five individuals accused of defrauding people of large sums of money by promising to send them for employment in various foreign countries.

The arrested individuals include Bina Maharjan, 43, and Binda Maharjan, 45, residing in Dhapakhel, Lalitpur; Kopila Sharma, 43, from Baglung's Kathekhola Rural Municipality-2; Santosh Rai, 31, from Dhankuta Municipality-2; and Kumari Tamang, 48, from Kavre's Chaurideurali Municipality-9, informed Superintendent of Police Manohar Prasad Bhatta of the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office.

He stated, "Based on complaints that the arrested individuals took money and went out of contact after promising to send Bina and Binda to America for NPR 1 million, Kopila to the UK for NPR 1.3 million, Santosh to Cambodia for NPR 370,000, and Kumari to Portugal for NPR 1.36 million, they were arrested."

Superintendent of Police Bhatta informed that all five arrested individuals have been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment, Tahachal, for necessary investigation and action.

 

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