Police have arrested Norgain Moktan, 25, and Susmita Rasaili, 24, over allegations that they defrauded two people of a combined Rs 7 million by promising to arrange foreign employment in Cambodia and Canada. The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office said Moktan allegedly took Rs 4 million from one victim for a job in Cambodia, while Rasaili allegedly received Rs 3 million from another person after promising employment in Canada. The arrests followed complaints from the victims, who said the two became unreachable after receiving the money.
Allegations involving overseas job offers
According to the investigation office, the alleged cases involved separate promises to send the victims to different countries for work. Moktan, who is 25 and from Melung Rural Municipality-6 in Dolakha, is accused of taking Rs 4 million from a victim after promising to send them to Cambodia. Rasaili, 24, of Chaunri Deurali Rural Municipality-9 in Kavrepalanchok, is accused of taking Rs 3 million in connection with a promise of employment in Canada.
The two alleged payments total Rs 7 million. The allegations concern money given in return for help securing overseas employment, rather than a single transaction involving both suspects. The available information does not state when the payments were made or provide further details about the jobs promised, the victims’ identities or the specific arrangements discussed.
Victims approached police after losing contact
The victims filed complaints with police after, according to the investigation office’s account, Moktan and Rasaili could no longer be reached following the payments. The complaints prompted police action and the arrests. No additional information has been provided about how the victims first met the suspects or how long they tried to contact them before reporting the matter.
The office has identified the alleged destinations and amounts linked to each suspect: Cambodia and Rs 4 million in Moktan’s case, and Canada and Rs 3 million in Rasaili’s. These details come from the police account of the allegations. The available reports do not state whether any of the money has been recovered or whether the victims had begun travel preparations.
Police investigation
The arrests were reported by the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office. The information released so far describes the matter as an alleged foreign employment fraud and sets out the complaints made by the victims. It does not provide further details about the investigation, the suspects’ responses to the allegations or the next steps in the case.
The accusations have not been presented here as established findings. Based on the information available, police are investigating claims that two people collected a total of Rs 7 million by offering to send victims abroad for work, then became unreachable after receiving the payments. Further details about the case, including any court proceedings or recovery of funds, were not included in the reports.
