Parsa Police Arrest Two for Impersonating a UK-Based Nepali on Facebook to Scam a Birgunj Resident of Rs 250,000

Kathmandu. Two men have been arrested in Parsa for creating fake Facebook and Messenger accounts by impersonating a Nepali working in the United Kingdom and using them to scam a man out of Rs 250,000, police said.

The suspects, identified as 20-year-old Jasmuddin Ansari of Prasauni Rural Municipality-1 in Bara and 20-year-old Bishal Patel of Bahudarmai Municipality-1 in Parsa, were arrested on Saturday from Birgunj Metropolitan City-8 by a team from the District Police Office, Parsa.