Man Arrested in Kathmandu for Allegedly Swindling Job Seekers Out of NPR 8 Million with False Promises of Employment Abroad

Kathmandu. Police have arrested an individual for defrauding job seekers of large sums of money by luring them with promises of attractive salaries for overseas employment. Jatadhar Raut, 41, from Mahottari district, has been arrested on charges of swindling 8 million Nepalese Rupees from five unemployed youths by promising to send them to the United Kingdom and Romania.

Raut, originally a resident of Samsi Rural Municipality-1, Mahottari district, and currently residing in Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur, kept the victims deceived for a long time with assurances of sending them abroad. After collecting the money, he went out of contact with the victims.

Based on the complaint filed by the victims after realizing they had been defrauded, a team deployed from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested him from Suryavinayak-2.

Information Officer and Police Superintendent Rameshwar Karki informed that the arrested individual has been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment, Tahachal, for further investigation and necessary legal action.