GAIGHAT: A couple from Jalajale of Triyuga Municipality-11 in Udaypur has made away Rs 7 lakhs from local women, on Monday. “Bhim Budhathoki and his wife Chandrakala have fled with the cash,” said Jaljale Area Police Office.

Police informed that the swindlers had lured the women with heavy profits and made them borrow money from different financial institutions. Police have said that Dilu Majhi, chief of a community development centre and its member Mina Karki are the ones cheated. Meanwhile, chief of Mahuli Bikas Kendra Gaighat branch, Yadav Kumar Shrestha said Budhathoki has also not returned Rs 17,000 that he took from the branch.