A 27-year-old man from Phakphoktum Rural Municipality-6 in Ilam, Sujan Limbu, also known as Sushan Thegim Limbu, has been arrested by the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office on charges of defrauding more than 40 women through social media platforms. According to SP Rameshwar Karki of the Crime Investigation Office, Sujan deceived women by pretending to be in love via WhatsApp and tricked them into paying taxes to receive parcels, resulting in financial fraud.
One woman filed a complaint accusing him of defrauding her of NPR 200,000. On Baisakh 11 (April 24), the suspect was apprehended in Kathmandu.
Reports indicate that Sujan contacted over 40 women via social media, feigning romantic interest. He convinced them that parcels were arriving and that tax payments were necessary at the airport to collect these parcels, exploiting this pretext to extort money.
Authorities have confirmed that this modus operandi was used repeatedly to deceive the victims.
