Two arrested for duping over 200 by promising jobs in Japan

KATHMANDU: Police have arrested two persons on the charge of duping more than 200 people by promising them job opportunities in Japan.

According to police, Rajan Shrestha (35) of Likhu Tamakoshi-7 in Ramechhap and Ishwori Pandey (46) of Gauradaha-1 in Jhapa have been arrested based on complaints filed by victims. The two were found to have registered a consultancy firm by misusing the citizenship certificate of one Narayan Bahadur Rai.

“Rajan was found to have opened a bank account with Sanima Bank by filling up the Know Your Customer (KYC) form with Rai’s citizenship certificate, but using his photograph,” said SSP Sanuram Bhattarai of the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office. “The bank has been found to have opened the account without verifying the account holder’s details. Shrestha and Pandey were making Japan aspirants deposit money into the account and misusing it.”

Police investigation shows the two collected Rs 3.7 million from 13 persons through Dip Bahadur Tamang and Rs 3.2 million from 20 persons through Sunil Kumar Nepali. It has been learned that over 100 people have filed complaints against the two at the Department of Foreign Employment, claiming that they were swindled of Rs 26.8 million.

Shrestha was arrested from Kageshwori Manohara-7 and Pandey from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-29, according to police.

When police arrested Narayan Bahadur Rai for investigation, he told them that he had lost his citizenship certificate around 15 years ago and was earning a living by offering ride-sharing services. Police investigation did not find his involvement in opening the consultancy.