Kathmandu, July 30: The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office has arrested Imtiaz Ahmed, 27, on charges of online fraud of Rs. 56 lakh from various people.
He used to luring common people by using social networks as Facebook, Whatsapp and other social platform apps. He used to send messages like ‘a person abroad had died of Covid and the amount in the National Bank account in the name of the deceased and in the bank accounts of different people.’
Police have recovered ATM cards of different banks, mobile phones and sim-cards.
He was arrested from Lahan Municipality-3 of Siraha district, and brought to Kathmandu for necessary action, police said.
