By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, Dec. 23

Number of Chinese citizens arrested by Crime Division of Metropolitan Police Office, Kathmandu, in suspect of cyber fraud has reached 122.

Police has suspected that there are over 200 Chinese citizens, residing in the capital city.

Police had raided houses in Budhanilkantha, Maharajgunj and Manamaiju, where Chinese were found to be living by renting entire houses. The police has confiscated laptop from each and every arrested Chinese.

"The acts of these Chinese people, who had entered Nepal in visiting visa were found  to be suspicious," said Sahakul Thapa, Police Sub-inspector, Crime Division, Metropolitan Police Office, Kathmandu.

Thapa said that 122 individuals were arrested and investigation was going on Chinese citizens residing at Chabahil, Bouddha and Koteshwor.

The police had received information about suspicious activities of Chinese citizens residing in group a week ago.

A local informed that they used to stay in groups and used to parade like an army in the morning and evening.
The Central Investigation Bureau, Crime Division and Metropolitan Police Office, Kathmandu had jointly raided the houses, based on the special information they had received.

A detailed investigation is still due, however, foreign nationals residing in groups is suspicious per se, said Thapa.

"Each and every arrested person was found to be equipped with laptop, this is questionable," he added. "Most of their visas have expired already."

As per the initial statement given by the accused Chinese citizens, they had been working as labour in the sector of Information and Technology, the name of the companies that they worked for, however is still unknown.