KATHMANDU: A man has been arrested on the charge of swindling Rs 6.57 million out of foreign job aspirants on the pretext of sending them for lucrative jobs and greener pasture in Malta of Europe, Metropolitan Crime Division (MCD) said in a statement.

Issuing the press statement today, MCD said, Rahul Pandey (23) of Gautam Buddha Nagar in Uttar Pradesh State of India, currently residing in Sinamangal area of KMC-9, was arrested from Teku area, on Friday.

Earlier, Pandey had targeted youths and assured them of sending to Europe from a local consultancy, VV International Pvt Ltd. He then collected Rs 6.57 million from youths as visa processing fee and security deposit before issuing them fake Malta visas, according to the statement.

However, Dawa Sherpa, the consultancy owner, filed a complaint against Pandey at the MCD. Subsequently, a sleuth deployed for the division nabbed the conman from Teku and made him public today.

The suspect has been sent to Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, for further investigation and action today itself, reads the statement.

Meanwhile, an investigation into the case was underway, police said.