Kathmandu, March 9 -- Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu on Friday arrested a man in Nepalgunj for allegedly defrauding 60 people promising them jobs abroad.

Baburam Shrestha, 39, who was brought to Kathmandu after his arrest,

Defrauded 60 people of over 25 million, police said.

The matter came to light when seven of the victims approached police last week. "His plan was to make over 40 million. However, he could not succeed as we arrested him," said Deputy Superintendent Hobindra Bogati, spokesperson for the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Range.

Shrestha ran his "business" from his massage centre at CTC mall, Sundhara, according to Senior Superintendent Uttam Raj Subedi, the chief of Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Range.

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