Four Arrested in Kathmandu for Allegedly Defrauding Individuals Seeking Overseas Employment

Kathmandu. Police have arrested four individuals on charges of fraud, having lured people with promises of sending them for employment in various foreign countries. A police team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested the four from different locations in Kathmandu.

Those arrested include Dharma Prasad Rai, a permanent resident of Arjundhara Municipality-6, Jhapa, currently residing in Tarkeshwor, Kathmandu; Nima Dolma Lama of Tarkeshwor Municipality-7, Kathmandu; Govinda Prasad Niraula, a resident of Arjundhara Municipality-5, Jhapa, currently residing in Kageshwori Manohara, Kathmandu; and Suraj Shrestha, a resident of Gandaki Municipality-1, Gorkha, currently residing in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-13.

Police stated that Rai, Lama, Niraula, and Shrestha allegedly committed fraud by promising to send victims to Austria, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Romania, respectively, for foreign employment.

The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office reported that Rai defrauded the victims of NPR 585,000, Lama of NPR 5 million, Niraula of NPR 203,000, and Shrestha of NPR 750,000. Police stated that the arrested individuals have been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment, Tahachal, for further investigation and necessary action.