KATHMANDU: Mahesh Tamang, 56, from Kalinchok Rural Municipality-4, Dolakha, currently residing in Gokarneswor Municipality-8, has been arrested on charges of fraudulently taking money under the pretext of sending people to Hungary with the lure of attractive salaries.

Acting on a complaint that the accused defrauded a victim of Rs 300,000, a team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested Tamang from Kathmandu Metropolitan City-12 on Friday.

He was presented to the Department of Foreign Employment for necessary action.