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 10: Nepali Congress (NC) leader and former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has been arrested in connection with the fake Bhutani refugee scam.
KATHMANDU, May 10: Among those accused of being involved in a racket of sending people to the United States identifying them as Bhutanese refugees, police arrested two persons from Baneshwor, Kathmandu, on Tuesday.