While investigating into a complaint filed by a woman who was taken
to Syria and forced to work for 18-20 hours a day as a domestic help,
police found that a trafficking gang recently busted was involved in the
case. Police had arrested seven person including Kedar Bahadur Khadka
aka Aashish (34) from Aakhibhui-8 of Sankhuwasabha district for
trafficking women to various nations including Kenya and Tanzania,
promising them of lucrative jobs at dance bars. They were arrested from
various places of the Capital on March 12. Investigations carried out by
the Central Investigation Bureau found that the Khadka-led gang would
traffic women to Syria with false promises of jobs at beauty parlours in
Dubai of United Arab Emirates. Police said the gang had sold the woman
who had filed the complaint for USD 7,000. Meanwhile, Kathmandu District
Court remanded the suspects to custody for further investigations.
Human trafficking and organised crime cases will be filed against them,
police added.
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