Kathmandu, Aug. 5 -- Two of the 193 Nepalis deported from the United States since Donald Trump began his second term as president have lodged complaints with the police, accusing traffickers of defrauding them.

Senior Superintendent of Police Krishna Prasad Pangeni, chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau in Babarmahal, said the complaints were filed by two individuals who were deported from the US, along with another who returned midway, despite making payments to agents.

The complainants are from Bardiya, Salyan and Rukum districts. According to officials, this is the first instance of any recently deported individuals from the US formally registering human trafficking-related complaints in Nepal.

"Previously, deportees admitted t...