Two persons have been arrested for defrauding 22 persons of Rs 6.6 million assuring them of lucrative jobs abroad. A team of Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office nabbed Sudhan Kumari Shahi and Anil Shrestha. Somendra Singh Rathore, spokesperson at the Crime Investigation Office, said that a complaint was filed at the office stating that the duo had collected Rs 5 lakh each from 22 people on the pretext of sending them to Italy, South Korea, New Zealand and Portugal among other countries for foreign employment.

Based on the complaint, police apprehended them from Gongabu.

Shahi (28) is the operator of Greenleaf International Consultancy and Nepal Snowfall Mountain Trek and Expedition and Shrestha is the Managing Director. Further investigation into the incident is underway.