Five held for swindling overseas job aspirants of millions

KATHMANDU: Police have arrested five individuals on charges of defrauding people of large sums of money by promising them lucrative jobs abroad.

According to the police, those arrested have been identified as Rajkumar Tamang (32) from Sunsari, Prakash KC (31) from Dang, Dilliman Tamang (33) from Kavre, Shrihang Ektin (47) from Panchthar, and Namuna Bhandari (28) from Syangja.

The accused allegedly collected money from victims under the pretext of sending them overseas for employment.
Tamang has been accused of taking Rs 1.155 million from one person, promising to send him to Japan. Similarly, KC allegedly collected Rs 9.3 million from 12 individuals, claiming that he would send them to the United States. Dilliman is said to have taken Rs 1.475 million from two victims, while Shrihang allegedly defrauded one person of Rs 1.225 million with the promise of sending them to South Korea.

Similarly, Bhandari is accused of collecting Rs 550,000 from three victims, promising jobs in Macau.

Necessary investigation against the accused is underway, according to the police.