Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Police have arrested six persons on the charge of cheating people on the charge of sending them to different countries on the pretext of lucrative salary.

The arrestees have been identified as Shailendra Pandey, 47, of Ramgram Municipality-7, Sumana Aryal, 30, of Tokha Municipality-9, Bikash Sunar, 30, of Khotang, Basudev Shrestha, 53, of Nawalparasi Metropolis-30, Dhan Bahadur Yonghang, 47, of Panchthar and Naumaya Ale Magar, 33, of Devchuli Municipality-8, Nawalparasi.

Those arrested include Shailendra who took Rs 3.5 million from 13 people promising to send him to Serbia and Slovakia, Sumana took Rs 2.82 lakh from one person promising to send him to UAE, Rs 1 million from 10 people promising to send him to Spain, Basudev took Rs 750,000 from one person promising to send him to Canada, Dhan Bahadur took Rs 200,000 from one person in the name of sending him to South Korea and Naumaya took Rs 604,500 from one person in the name of sending him to Cyprus. A police bulletin issued by the Central Police News Room at the Nepal Police Headquarters stated in a police bulletin.

Shailendra, Sumana, Bikash, Basudev and Dhan Bahadur have been sent to the Foreign Employment Department, Tahachal, Kathmandu for necessary investigation and action.