Six persons arrested for cheating more than 130 million

Nepal Police have arrested six proprietors of Kalanki Trade Centre on the charge of cheating more than Rs 130 million from different individuals in the name of providing them shutters (space for shops) at the centre.

A team of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, arrested them on the charge of cheating and made them public today.

They are Shanti Raman Pangeni, 61, of Syangja, Narendra Bajracharya, 68, and Raju Maharjan, 51, of Kathmandu, Rajesh Krishna Shrestha, 62, of Lalitpur, Niranjan Kumar Shrestha, 53, of Palpa and Chiranjivi Poudel, 59, of Kaski.

Spokesperson of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, Nabaraj Adhikari, said they were arrested as they had cheated the people saying they would hand over them business shutter constructing Kalanki Trade Centre through Kalanki Developers and Mila Land Development Pvt Ltd.

Further investigation into the case was underway, added Adhikari.