Duo held for defrauding foreign job aspirants

Police have arrested two persons for swindling people by promising them lucrative jobs in the UK and Canada.

A team of the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office nabbed Wakil Bahadur Ale (34) of Gorkha and Dharmendra Shrestha (34) of Tanahun for swindling job aspirants of Rs 4.5 million.

Police informed that Ale had swindled the victims out of Rs 3.6 million by promising them lucrative jobs in Canada. He had collected Rs 1.7 million per person.

Before collecting the money, Ale had told the victims that they would have the monthly basic salary of Rs 180, 000.

Police apprehended Ale from Gorkha based on the complaints filed by six people.

Similarly, Shrestha was held for swindling Rs 950, 000 from two people with false assurances of sending them to the UK.

SP Rabindra Regmi said that Shrestha was arrested from Gongabu, Kathmandu.