Five women heading to the UAE from the Immigration Office of the Tribhuvan International Airport have been arrested.

The Immigration Office apprehended the women heading to the UAE via Kuwait after the officials found the documents submitted to the office fake. They have been handed over to the police.

According to a source, the detainees have been identified as Maya Tamang Parbati Sarki,  Anju Bohara, Karuna Singh Thakuri and Somi Dhimal.

"The plus 2 certificates submitted by them are found to be fake. They even did not have travel history," an official at the Immigration Office said.

The women were preparing to go to the UAE via Kuwait by Jazeera Air.

The Home Ministry has been discouraging the people from working in Gulf countries on tourist visas.

It has been learnt that the human trafficking racket were preparing to take the women to UAE with false promises of lucrative jobs.