INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, MARCH 7Police have arrested nine people on the charge of swindling people
on the pretext of providing them jobs through their job centres in different places in Kathmandu valley.
identifies data gaps for persons with disabilities
smuggling gold worth Rs 10 million
Among the
arrested are Amar Pandey, 26, and Tilak Ram Pandey, 32, of Chhatradev, Arghakhanchi; Anand Maratha, 22, of Dudhpokhari, Lamjung; Bibek
Yadav, 23, of Siraha; Aswin Rai, 28, of Siddhicharan Municipality, Okhaldhunga; Ghanashya Pahadi, 22, of Fikkal in Sindhupalchowk; Srijana
Lamichhance, 25, of Chandrapur, Rautahat; Gyanu Neupane, 40, of Biratnagar; and Rambachan Kumar Yadav, 22, of Maulapur in Rautahat.
Police raided their offices today after people complained that they were deceived by the socalled job providers
Later, Metropolitan Police Crime Division issued a press release saying the swindlers would charge them Rs 500 to Rs 6,000 to ensure them
job.At first, they asked the job-seekers to fill up a form to receive certain amount
Later, they demanded more money to guarantee job, police said in a statement
Moreover, the thugs did not provide them job even after job seekers paid over Rs 6,000 to guarantee them job
Instead, they asked the job-seekers to seek another job and hunt various offices which would again charge them extra.A version of this
article appears in the print on March 8, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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