INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: A person carrying out fraudulent activities by claiming to be a police personnel has been arrested by a team deployed from the
Metropolitan Crime Division.
Raju Karki, 26, of Manthali Municipality-2 in Ramechhap district, currently residing at Basundhara in Kathmandu
Metropolitan City-9, was arrested on Thursday evening.
Karki claimed to be a sub-inspector of police to swindle the victim — Laxman Giri
of Helambu Rural Municipality-3 in Sindhupalchok district, currently residing in Manahara of Kathmandu — out of Rs 300,000.
Claiming to be
a sub-inspector stationed at the airport in Kathmandu, Karki told Giri that a large sum of money had been deposited into his account which
could raise questions, and therefore, he would transfer Rs 3 million into Giri account to avoid suspicion
To show some transaction between the two parties, Karki then asked Giri to write him a cheque of Rs 300,000.
After receiving the cheque from
Giri, Karki withdrew the amount from Kalimati branch of Nepal Bank Limited and went off with the cash leaving Giri stranded at Chabahil
branch of the same bank.
According to police, Karki had been defrauding people in similar manner for sometime.
During the arrest, police
confiscated Rs 7,500 cash, a motorcycle (Ba 91 Pa 7446), a set of mobile phone from the arrestee possession.
He was apprehended from Kalanki
and was sent to Metropolitan Police Range in Teku for further investigation and action, informed police.
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