Police Raid 195 Consultancies, Arrest 68 for Fraud

Kathmandu. Police raided 195 such offices in the Kathmandu Valley on Jestha 1 on charges of defrauding in the name of sending people abroad by consultancies and educational consultancies. Police arrested 68 consultancy operators and managers.

Police are investigating 27 of them with permission from the court according to the law. SSP Santosh Khadka of the Valley Crime Investigation Office told Rato pati that the investigation is being carried out with a 5-day remand from the court under the Education Act against the operators.

Although the police presented them in court, the court did not allow the police to keep 5 managers of consultancies and educational consultancies in custody. The court ordered that the 5 managers, whose operators were not found, should not be kept in detention.

It has been found that 27 consultancy operators, who are being investigated for offenses under the Education Act, were operating companies without registration and sending students abroad. Complaints have been received that students sent abroad by them have been stranded, said SP Rameshwor Karki of the Valley Crime Investigation Office. He said, 'Complaints have been received that many people are stranded in Japan, we have asked for complaints.'

People sent through consultancies from here have become stranded after reaching Japan. Police are also investigating consultancy operators for fraud and forgery. Police are investigating 36 people who are undergoing registration process on bail. Police are preparing to send them to the Educational Consultancy Branch of the Department of Education.

It has been found that educational consultancies and consultancies guarantee visas and harass service recipients by keeping passports themselves. SP Karki says, 'They cannot guarantee the visa issued by the embassy.'