KATHMANDU: Two months after they were arrested for duping 11 compatriots by promising them lucrative jobs abroad, eight Indian nationals have been charged here under various sections related to human trafficking, organized crime and kidnapping, police said on Tuesday. Said to.
In mid-February, 11 Indians, mostly students, were held hostage for more than two weeks with the promise of facilitating travel to the United States. They were rescued after Nepal Police busted a human trafficking racket and arrested eight Indian Mafi members along with their Nepali partner.
The police have submitted an investigation report to the Kathmandu District Attorney's Office to register a case against eight Indian nationals for the crime.
Those arrested include Abdul Rahim, Charanjit Singh, Nipun Gupta, Ramchandra Sharma, Hindu Singh Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Ravi Mewade and Manish Kumar Malhotra, according to a statement from the Kathmandu District Police Circle.
Nepal Police said the case, named 'Dunky Operation' due to its similarity to the situation depicted in popular Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan's 2023 film Dunky, left 11 people confined to a rented house on the outskirts for more than a month. Was kept as hostage till. Of Kathmandu.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided the private residence of a Nepal national in Dhobikhola Corridor, Ratopul and rescued 11 Indians who were held hostage on the pretext of sending them to the US via Mexico.
Agents, including Indian mafia members, extorted Rs 4.5 million per person from Indian citizens, mostly students, with false promises of sending them to the USA and an additional US$3,000 as visa fee on arrival in Kathmandu.
In mid-February, 11 Indians, mostly students, were held hostage for more than two weeks with the promise of facilitating travel to the United States. They were rescued after Nepal Police busted a human trafficking racket and arrested eight Indian Mafi members along with their Nepali partner.
The police have submitted an investigation report to the Kathmandu District Attorney's Office to register a case against eight Indian nationals for the crime.
Those arrested include Abdul Rahim, Charanjit Singh, Nipun Gupta, Ramchandra Sharma, Hindu Singh Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Ravi Mewade and Manish Kumar Malhotra, according to a statement from the Kathmandu District Police Circle.
Nepal Police said the case, named 'Dunky Operation' due to its similarity to the situation depicted in popular Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan's 2023 film Dunky, left 11 people confined to a rented house on the outskirts for more than a month. Was kept as hostage till. Of Kathmandu.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided the private residence of a Nepal national in Dhobikhola Corridor, Ratopul and rescued 11 Indians who were held hostage on the pretext of sending them to the US via Mexico.
Agents, including Indian mafia members, extorted Rs 4.5 million per person from Indian citizens, mostly students, with false promises of sending them to the USA and an additional US$3,000 as visa fee on arrival in Kathmandu.
