Kathmandu, October 5
Dipendra Ale, who had been absconding in a banking offence case, has been arrested. He was taken into custody about nine months after the District Court Kathmandu granted permission to arrest him.
Ale was arrested on Sunday while hiding in Mandikatar, said Inspector Devi Ram Bhandari of the Metropolitan Police Circle, Singha Durbar.
The District Court Kathmandu issued the arrest permission on January 14. Ale had been absconding since the arrest warrant was issued.
Ale had taken Rs 500,000 from the victim, a woman, through a bank account, promising to send her to Europe. He deceived her by taking her as far as India instead.
The woman first filed a complaint against Ale with the Nepal Police Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau. After the Bureau summoned and questioned him, Ale gave the victim a cheque for the amount he had taken. The cheque bounced, and she then filed a complaint under the banking offence law. The court granted the arrest permission on the basis of that complaint.
Ale had remained in hiding after the court granted the arrest permission.
According to Inspector Bhandari, further investigation against Ale is ongoing.
