Twenty-three Indian nationals arrested in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu were found to have transacted over NPR 3 billion.
Police claim that they rented a house in Budhanilkantha and engaged in online betting, crypto and other illegal transactions.
The District Police Range, Kathmandu, on Sunday evening, raided the house from where they were operating businesses. The Range made all the accused Indians public at a press conference organized in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
They have been engaged in illegal transactions through online betting sites, winning and losing large amounts of money, in the house for a year, said SP Apilraj Bohara, the spokesperson of the Range.
Police have found a notebook containing the details of their financial transactions. Police claim that the defendants have transacted over NPR 3.13 billion, according to the seized notebooks.
Eighty-eight mobile phones, 10 laptops, 50 Indian SIM cards, 15 Indian ATM cards, 15 Aadhaar cards of various individuals, and seven diaries containing account details have been recovered from the arrested Indians.
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