Police arrest five Chinese nationals in connection with ATM card fraud

Kathmandu / Sept. 1: Five Chinese nationals were arrested in Kathmandu for their involvement in stealing millions of rupees from bank accounts by forging ATM cards of Nabil Bank subscribers on Saturday night.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Nepal Police arrested the Chinese nationals when they were stealing millions of rupees from bank accounts by forging ATM cards of Nabil Bank subscribers at Durbarmarg in Kathmandu.

Spokesperson at the Metropolitan Police Range Kathmandu Hobindra Bogati told Republica Online that the arrested Chinese nationals have been kept at Metropolitan Police Range, Teku.

“We have also seized 132 ATM cards from the arrested Chinese nationals,” he said.

The Metro Police is holding a press conference later today to make public the arrested Chinese nationals, according to Bogati.

Police have recovered over Rs 10 million from the detainees.