Kathmandu, June 10 -- Police have arrested three individuals on charges of defrauding job seekers by luring them with promises of lucrative foreign employment in the United Kingdom and Canada.

The arrestees have been identified as Rabindra Basukala, 44, of ward 2 of Bhaktapur Municipality; Laxman Parajuli, 44, originally from ward 10 of Ratuwamai Municipality, Morang, and currently residing in Saraswatinagar, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-6; and Arun Raj Sharma, 47, of ward 12 of Sabaila Municipality, Dhanusha, currently residing in Narephant, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-32.

According to the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office in Teku, Basukala was apprehended on Monday from Byasi, Bhaktapur, while Parajuli and Sharma were arreste...