By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, July 9: The Metropolitan Crime Division has arrested an individual for cheating a number of people by claiming that he would help them get jobs at the World Health Organisation.
As per the division, the arrested individual has been identified as Bijay Pandey, 34, a resident from Nawalparasi. Pandey has be1en living in Tinkune, Kathmandu. Pandey was arrested from New Baneshwor on Tuesday following a complaint against him at the division.
Ashmita Adhikari, a resident from Bharatpur Metropolitan City, had filed a complaint after Pandey cheated her and went out of contact.
From May 11 to June 21, the victim had sent different sums of money to Pandey which totaled to Rs. 182,000. Pandey had assured the woman to provide her a job at the World Health Organisation (WHO).
During the investigation, police found out that Pandey introduced himself as an employee at WHO and assured to provide a job for Adhikari in the organisation as well.
Pandey also provided fake offer letter and papers of Reliable Nepal Life Insurance Company to assure Adhikari that he was on the way to get her the job and made it easy to ask for more money. After the arrest, police found out that it was not the only case of forgery in which Pandey was involved.
Dhan Bahadur Bista, owner of a furniture house in Kathmandu, was cheated Rs. 50,000 when Pandey took the money after assuring Bista that he would buy furniture worth Rs. 1.8 million from his shop.
Similarly, Pandey had also conned Rs. 350,000 from Nishan Babu Ghimire, a resident from Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Ghimire was also cheated after Pandey assured to provide a job at WHO. Along with Ghimire, Dipak Khanal, Dhan Bahadur Chhetri, Kashi Gurung, Sarita Bhandari and Ram Ghimire were also cheated by Pandey after faking to provide them job at WHO.
Likewise, Pandey had also employed Ranju Buda, a resident from Achham, at a fake office for one year and did not pay her a penny.
The division has also requested public to come in contact with the division or Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, if they were cheated by Pandey.