Police have arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in swindling people on the pretext of providing lucrative jobs in foreign countries.

The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office nabbed them from various areas of the Capital.

The suspects have been identified as Samir Ale Magar (30), Sarmila Sunuwar (35), Tara Gurung (40) and Jit Bahadur Khadka (51).

DSP Milan KC said that Samir, a permanent resident of Nawalparasi, currently residing in Tokha had swindled Mahesh Paudle along with two others of Rs 545,000 with a false promise to send them to Canada.

Similarly, Sarmila went incommunicado after collecting two lakhs from the victims assuring them of lucrative jobs in Croatia.

Police said that she defrauded the people assuring them that they would get the monthly salary of more than Rs 100,000 in food packing.

Likewise, Tara had defrauded Rabin Chaudhary of Rs 345, 000 assuring him to send to the Netherlands for foreign employment.

She had assured Chaudhary that she would provide a job in a supermarket and would get a monthly salary of more than Rs 100, 000.

Police apprehended her based on the complaint filed by Chaudhary after she went out of contact after collecting the money.

Meanwhile, police said that Jit Bahadur of Salyan, currently living in Suryabinayak of Bhaktapur, had swindled Dilip Bista of 194, 000 with a promise to send to Kuwait.

He had defrauded Jit Bahadur with a fake promise to provide him a job as a bike rider in Kuwait.

DSP KC said that all the four have been sent to the Tahachal-based Foreign Employment Department for further investigation.