KATHMANDU: Police today made public a man arrested for swindling foreign job aspirants out of Rs 1.5 million.

The arrested has been identified as Harka Bahadur Tamang (34) of Rasnalu area in Gokulganga Rural Municipality-3 in Ramechhap district, currently residing in Jorpati of Gokarneshwar Municipality of Kathmandu district.

Tamang allegedly swindled Umesh Kumar Tamang, a resident of Thulodumma area in Pauwadungma Rural Municipality-6 of Bhojpur district out of Rs 300,000 by offering a security guard position in Turkmenistan. Tamang had promised a monthly salary of US dollar 12,000 together with additional offer of free food and accommodation.

Acting on the report lodged with Metropolitan Crime Division, Teku that Tamang went out of contact after swindling the foreign job aspirant, a team of security personnel deployed from MCD tracked him in Jorpati area, on Tuesday, according to Superintendent of Police (SP) Sushil Singh Rathaur at MCD.

The preliminary investigation showed that the arrestee had also swindled four others out of Rs 300,000 each.

Meanwhile, the MCD has issued warning to the general public to be aware of such fraudulent situations.