One suspected Chinese national, a few Indians and scores of local Nepalese arrested in mega raids in Nepal capital; cops seize scripts used to make harassment calls to different parts of the world
Nepal cops seized computers and laptops
Nearly a month after this paper’s correspondent visited the neighbouring nation to find out about the harassment calls a Mumbai resident had been getting from there, the Nepal police busted three call centres making calls to borrowers of instant loans via different apps. One of the centres busted is in the capital city of Kathmandu, from where the police arrested a suspected Chinese national on Monday. The deputy inspector general of Nepal police told mid-day they have also arrested some Indians.
MID-DAY was the first to highlight that the loan app scam has links to Nepal as well as China. The Mumbai police, while investigating two cases, traced to Nepal the IP address of the WhatsApp calls made to the victims. This paper’s reporter, Samiullah Khan, even visited the office of the internet service providers in Nepal, but the people there refused to divulge any details.
Arrested several people working at the call centre
Nepal police, while speaking to mid-day over the phone on Monday, said they have conducted raids in Kathmandu, Rupandehi and Butwal based on the inputs from their informers. The deputy inspector general of Nepal police, Tek Prasad Rai, told mid-day, “The raids in…
