Six arrested for foreign employment fraud in Kathmandu

Kathmandu. Police have arrested six individuals on charges of defrauding people by promising them lucrative foreign employment opportunities in various countries.

The arrested individuals include 30-year-old Milan Timalsina from Palpa, currently residing in Budhanilkantha-11, Kathmandu; 24-year-old Srijana Shrestha from Roshi Rural Municipality-11, Kavre, currently residing in Banepa; 26-year-old Akin Bastakoti from Nawalparasi East, currently residing in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-16; 22-year-old Nisha BK from Gorkha; 38-year-old Rajendra Adhikari from Lamjung, currently residing in Nagarjun Municipality-1, Kathmandu; and 34-year-old Sagar Shrestha, residing in Gokarneshwor Municipality-8, Kathmandu.

Among the accused, Milan allegedly took 100,000 rupees from a victim promising to send them to Canada, Srijana took 250,000 rupees for Maldives, Akin took 575,000 rupees for Cambodia, Nisha took 260,000 rupees for Portugal, Rajendra took 1.2 million rupees for the USA, and Sagar took 350,000 rupees for Singapore before cutting off contact.

Based on complaints from the victims, a team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, Teku, arrested Milan and Srijana from Kathmandu-12, Akin from Kathmandu-16, Nisha from Kathmandu-2, Rajendra from Nagarjun-1, and Sagar from Gokarneshwor-8.

Police stated that they have been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment in Tahachal, Kathmandu, for further investigation and legal action.