Arrested for extorting up to 6 million from a person for taking them to America using illegal routes
A person has been arrested for defrauding more than 2 crore rupees by promising to take them to America using illegal routes.
34-year-old Kamal Tamang, formerly of Kaski ,Pokhara Metropolitan City-27 and currently residing in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-8 Guhreshwari ,Panchkanya Marg ,Dera, was arrested by the police on Sunday.
The police arrested him after it was revealed that he was involved in criminal activities such as taking the victims to other countries, taking hostages, torturing them and extorting them to take them to the United States through illegal routes due to the greed and delusion of having a beautiful future and comfortable lifestyle.
Tamang was arrested by Nepal Police Headquarters Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau from Babarmahal.
According to the police, Tamang took money ranging from 11 lakh 30 thousand to 6 million rupees after showing temptation to take him to America by air.
It has been seen from the investigation of the police that he has taken 26 million 23 thousand 890 rupees from the victims so far.
According to the police, it was discovered during the investigation that Tamang would take the money from Nepal to the United States, and would demand more money by taking it to countries including New Delhi, Sri Lanka, Dubai, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Laos, and Zambia.
The police is conducting further investigation in this regard after obtaining an extension of time from the District Court in Kathmandu.
