Alleged Hundi Operator Held
Police yesterday raided Mahabouddha-based New Payal Impex and arrested its accountant for allegedly running the illegal business of hundi (transfer of money through illegal channels).
Acting on a tip-off, a team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Crime Division raided the firm and arrested Bhimsen Sharma (30) of Baglung Municipality-2.
Police also seized Rs 4.7 million in cash, bank cheques and vouchers from the company. The arrestee has been handed over to the Department of Revenue Investigation for further investigation and action.
Pawan Jamaliya, owner of the company, however, has been absconding. According to the MPCD, the company was found running hundi business by violating the terms and conditions of the Nepal Rastra Bank.
Earlier, police had raided more than 15 money transfer agencies and arrested 12 persons with more than Rs 20 million from New Road, Thamel and Sundhara. Of them, three were not found to have registered with the central bank to operate money transfer business.
Police officials have stepped up crackdown on hundi business recently.
In a separate operation, the Central Investigation Bureau arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in swindling a man of Rs 50,000 with a false promise of settling a human trafficking case yesterday.
The suspects have been identified as Tirtha Raj Regmi (39) of Khandbari, Sankhuwasabha and currently residing in Satdobato, Lalitpur, and Indra Bahadur Khatri (26) of Kapan, Kathmandu.
The two, who posed as police personnel, swindled Dhan Bahadur Chettri, who had been doing time on the charge of human trafficking, with the false assurance of settling his case, the CIB informed.
Police nabbed them on the basis of a statement provided by Chettri.
Published on: 3 March 2016 | The Himalayan Times
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