Duo held for duping foreign job aspirants

Police have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in swindling foreign job aspirants.

Rajan Shrestha aka Narayan Bahadur Rai and Ishwori Pandey alias Parba Raj Pandey were arrested for allegedly swindling 219 persons of Rs 30 million with fake promises of sending them to Japan for lucrative jobs.

The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office made public the duo amidst a press conference on Friday.

Shrestha was detained from Anamnagar and Shrestha from Bista Gaun, Kageshwori-Manohara.

Police said that they have been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment for necessary action.