December 14: Police have arrested 32 people including two government officials on charge of illegally sending Nepali citizens to foreign countries. The arrests were made since October 6.
Those arrested have been accused of working in collusion with human trafficking rackets to facilitate the departure of Nepali nationals to foreign countries promising lucrative jobs by showing fake documents, said Senior Superintendent of Police Somendra Singh Rathore.
Organising a press conference on Wednesday, SSP Rathore said that the arrestees charged between Rs 15,000 to Rs 55,000 per person with fake promises.
A team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Division made the arrests. The arrestees includes two government officials – Arbinda Yadav, a staffer of the state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation and Narbir Khadka, an officer at the Department of Immigration. -- RSS