Nepal DIG says India, Nepal and China need to come together and help each other in mobile lending scam probe
DIG Tek Prasad Rai, information officer of Nepal police
Chinese nationals setting up illegal call centres in Nepal to target Indians through instant loan apps have become a pain point for law enforcement authorities in Kathmandu. Authorities in Nepal said the police can’t do much against the Chinese nationals as they do not trouble locals. DIG Tek Prasad Rai, information officer of Nepal police, said better coordination between India, Nepal and China can curb the cybercrimes.
Acting on a series of reports in mid-day, the Nepal police have in the past two weeks raided three illegal call centres and arrested 190 people, including 5 Chinese nationals and two Indians. DIG Rai said the staff at the call centres—local Nepalis—were hired in the guise of promotional activities but were forced to abuse Indian borrowers and blackmail them with morphed pictures to extort money. Excerpts from the interview:
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mid-day’s Faizan Khan with DIG Tek Prasad Rai at the Nepal police headquarters in Kathmandu
How come illegal call centres have been running right under the nose of Nepal police and it went unnoticed for more than 2 years?
It is not true that these centres are running right under our noses. The call centre was registered…
