Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Nepal Police have arrested seven persons on the charge of cheating millions of rupees from the general public on the pretext of sending them abroad for foreign employment.

The arrestees have been identified as Amit Kumar, 26, of Mohali, Punjab, India, and Rahul Kumar, 39, of Faridabad, India, currently residing in Kathmandu Metropolis-3.

The arrestees have been identified as Muskan Ghimire, 27, of Kalika municipality-6, of Chitwan, Janak Bahadur Waiba, 39, of Bakaiya rural municipality-9 of Makwanpur, Milan Ghimire, 27, of Ramdhuni municipality-5 in Sunsari, Kamal Thapa, 27, of Belbari municipality-3, Morang and Nitu Ghimire, 40, of Hetauda Sub-metropolis-4 of Makwanpur ।

Amit and Rahul were arrested for swindling Rs 15.765 million in the name of sending them to Canada, Rs 1.2 million on the pretext of sending them to Greece, Rs 1.6 million on the pretext of sending Janak to France and Rs 335,000 on the pretext of sending Milan to Croatia.

Likewise, Kamal was arrested acting on the complaint of the victims that he had taken Rs 2.7 million 50 thousand on the pretext of sending him to the UK, Romania and other countries while Nitu had taken Rs 2.6 million instead of sending him to the United States.

Of them, Amit and Rahul have been sent to the District Police Range, Kathmandu for necessary investigation and action, while Muskan, Janak, Milan, Kamal and Nitu have been sent to the Foreign Employment Department, Tahachal, Kathmandu.