Kathmandu. The police have arrested a person on the charge of fraud by showing temptation to exchange US dollars at a cheap rate.
The arrested person is 29-year-old Mohan Bahadur Tamang of Bahrbise Municipality-3 Dharpa, Sindhupalchok, who lives in Saraswatikhel, Changunarayan Municipality-1, Bhaktapur. The police arrested him on Wednesday.
According to the police, on 23 March 2082, he called the victim to a secluded place in Gokarneshwar Municipality-4 and lured the victim to exchange US dollars at a cheap rate and cheated him of 5 lakh rupees. Then he absconded.
During the investigation of the incident, the police team deployed from Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office Teku arrested him from Changunarayan Municipality-1 Saraswatikhel in Bhaktapur.
According to the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that Mohan and his friends went to various places outside the valley including Kathmandu valley and invited people to a secluded place to exchange US dollars at a cheap rate and committed robbery and fraud.
The arrested Tamang has been sent to District Police Complex Kathmandu for further investigation and action.