INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

KATHMANDU: At least seven persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in swindling high profile civil servants, civilians out

of four million rupees by misusing social media — Viber, Imo, WhatsApp — in the pretext of lottery. Issuing a press release, the

Metropolitan Crime Division (MCD) said, seven persons, presumably members of the fraud racket,were arrested from assorted locations in

Kathmandu valley, today. Police identified the arrestees as Pukar Barma, 24, of Jhapa district, Navin Bhandari, 22, of Kavre district,

Aakash Agrawal, 19, of Rautahat district, MD Sarfaraz, 22, of Bihar state in India, Ash Agrwal, 18, of Rautahat, Krishna Prasad Sah, 30, and

Sunil Sah, 20, both hailing from Parsa district. After a preliminary investigation, MCD revealed that few persons targeted by the racket

have lost their homes after keeping their properties as collateral, in the hopes of winning the lottery. Police further said, Indian

connections were also found in this scam being operated in Nepal

So far, the group have already carried out fraud worth millions of rupees. Meanwhile, further investigation into the case is underway,

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