BIRGUNJ: Police arrested a man, who had been absconding for a month, after defrauding more than 400 people, from Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan City-19 on Thursday.

The arrestee has been identified as Ram Prasad Sah (aka Shyam) of Nagwa, Birgunj-19, manager of the Jana Kalyan Credit and Cooperative Limited.

Sah was arrested late night yesterday by a team deployed from the District Police Office, Parsa, while trying to flee to India via the border.

The DPO informed that more than 100 people had filed cases against Sah for the fraud.

Sah was on the run with more than Rs 30 million after amassing money that belonged to more than 400 customers of the Cooperative.

Police said that he has been kept at the DPO custody for further investigation.