KATHMANDU, Feb. 15 -- Nine individuals, including eight Indian nationals and one Nepali national, have been arrested by the Kathmandu Police Range on charges of holding Indian nationals hostage. They falsely promised to facilitate their journey to the US.

A police team from the Kathmandu Police Range successfully rescued 11 Indian nationals who were reportedly brought to Kathmandu by a human trafficking racket, lured with promises of sending them to the US.

The special police team conducted the rescue operation last night in the Ratopul area, according to Chief of Kathmandu Police Range SSP Bhupendra Khatri. He stated, "Our team has rescued the Indian nationals who were brought to Kathmandu with false promises of sending them to the US....