Nepal Police arrested 10 Indian nationals

Nepal Police have arrested 10 Indian nationals on charge of acquiring Nepali citizenship cards by producing fake documents.

A team of police from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office apprehended them from various parts of Kathmandu, according to spokesperson of the Kathmandu Valley Police Office Ravindra Regmi. The police made them public amid a press conference at its office on Sunday.

Those arrested in the incident are found to have obtained Nepali citizenship certificates on different dates from the district administration offices, Rupandehi, Bara and Parsa by producing fake documents, informed deputy superintendent of police Regmi.

The police also seized Nepali citizenship certificates, voter identity cards, Indian passports and Aadhar cards from them, the police said.

The arrestees have been identified as Bharat Prasad Gupta, 55; Rahul Gupta, 30; Gyanmati Devi Gupta, 50; Gopal Gupta, 39; Ram Sundar Gupta, 44; Ram Prabesh Gupta, 43; Bharat Gupta, 46; Snehalata Gupta, 42; Mindevi Gupta, 49, and Rajesh Kumar Gupta, 52, all them are from Bihar in India and currently residing in different parts of Kathmandu valley.