KATHMANDU: A man who swindled many persons of more than Rs 11 million promising them of lucrative jobs abroad was nabbed from Kamalpokhari on Thursday.

According to police, the arrestee is Ishwori Prasad Pokharel (38) of Pyuthan, currently residing in Bardaghat of Nawalparasi.

After an investigation, it was found that Pokharel had swindled 23 people of Rs 10.5 million promising them jobs in Israel.

Similarly, he also managed to take Rs 300,000 from Sudeep Raj Pant to send him to South Korea and Rs 250,000 from Rojan Lama promising him a job at the National Investigation Department.

After receiving the money from the victims, Pokharel had gone out of contact.

The victims, who were residing in Lucknow of India, consequently, had lodged a complaint against him at the Metropolitan Crime Division.

From further investigation, it was learned that the suspect was an absconder since 2010 after being convicted of defrauding the Nabil Bank and the KIST Bank. He was slapped with a two-year jail sentence and a fine of Rs 229,000 by a court.

Records showed that he had defrauded cooperatives and locals of Nawalparasi.

Police also shared that he was planning to fly to the USA with the fraud money.

Police, meanwhile, confiscated Himalayan Bank’s ATM card that belonged to Laxman Rijal and a fake driving licence.

Further investigation regarding the case is underway, police said.