Kathmandu. Nepal Police’s Cyber Bureau has arrested four persons on the charge of cheating people in the name of KYC update on the pretext of making calls from banks.

The arrestees have been identified as Abhay Tiwari (22) of Deutal Rural Municipality-4 in Bara, Jaya Kumar Kewat (22) of Ramgram Municipality-16 (west of Bardaghat Susta), Bidhya Sagar Kewat (22) of Ramgram Municipality-17 and Kuber Thapa (27) of Birgunj Metropolitan City-3 in Parsa.

Spokesperson of the Cyber Bureau and Superintendent of Police Dilip Kumar Giri said that the arrested people had been making phone calls and WhatsApp calls especially targeting the incumbent and retired employees pretending to be talking from the bank.

According to the police, they used to ask the victim to share the screen of the mobile phone, get the OTP code or ask for the OTP code, and on the basis of that, the victim’s bank account was given unauthorized access and the amount was transferred to other accounts.

Investigation is underway against them under the Electronic Transaction Act, 2063 BS for their unauthorized access and electronic media fraud. The Kathmandu District Court today remanded them in custody for five days for further investigations, according to the Cyber Bureau.

Police have urged the general public not to provide OTP, password, PIN and other sensitive details by calling in the name of banks or financial institutions over phone or online.