Two arrested for money misappropriation and forging citizenship

By Binay Karn, Kalyanpur (Saptari), Mar.7: District Police Office, Saptari, has arrested two youths for forging a citizenship.

Police have arrested them on charges of money laundering by forging citizenship and attaching their photo on the victim's citizenship to make it look theirs. 

The detained are identified as Arun Kumar Yadav, aged 20, of Rajbiraj Municipality-12 of Saptari district, and Abhishek Yadav, aged 28, of the same place.

According to  Saptari Police Superintendent of Police (SP) Dhakendra Khatiwada,  Arun and Abhishek found the citizenship of a victim in June, 2023, took out the victim's photo, pasted their photo, opened an account at Citizens Bank in Biratnagar, and defrauded other people of millions of rupees.

SP Khatiwada said that they were arrested and remanded in custody by the District Court, Saptari, following a complaint filed against them at the office for citizenship-related offenses and fraud. 

Investigation into the matter is underway.