Ten people have contacted the Nepal police citing they were fleeced of Rs 51.9 million under the pretext of taking them to the United States and registering them as Bhutanese refugees. This came a week after when Nepal Police arrested absconding lawmaker Bahadur Rayamajhi from the outskirts of Kathmandu in a fake Bhutanese refugee scam.
The scam has sent shockwaves throughout the country, exposing a sophisticated network of corruption and deception involving political leaders.
KATHMANDU, May 15: “Who bought you a bungalow worth millions?” This sentence went viral on social media on Saturday. Social media users have been raising their voices against corruption by writing this status since Saturday morning.
KATHMANDU, May 8: Former Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Nepal Police, Bigyan Raj Sharma has claimed that two people arrested by the police in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugees scam earlier were released under political pressure when Nepali Congress (NC) leader Bal Krishna Khand was serving as the home minister.
KATHMANDU, May 4: Police have so far made a few high-profile arrests involving a racket accused of sending Nepali nationals to the USA in the guise of Bhutanese refugees. So far, eight people have been detained for investigations into the alleged fraud of millions of rupees in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.