30-year-old Israfil Sheikh of Saptari's Kanchanrup Municipality-1 Bairba decided to go for foreign employment one and a half years ago after having problems running the house. While consulting with the villagers, he met 26-year-old Ramkumar Bhagat of Kanchanrup-4 Jagatpur on 24th Mansir 2080. His wife Nazrun Khatun said that Ramkumar, showing his identity card that he is the marketing manager of Kathmandu-based Moon Human Resource Pvt.
After the sudden death of the Sheikh, who depended on a neighbor to pay off a loan to go to Kuwait, the 29-year-old wife Nazrun Khatun not only had the full responsibility of raising four children, but also had to pay the interest on the loan taken to send her husband abroad. "One, after the neighboring village and her father Shyam Chandra Bhagat came home and talked about it, we were ready," said Khatun.
Ramkumar has to pay 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees tomorrow to get a visa. Taking a loan from a neighbor, Shaikh deposited 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees in Ramkumar's account at Nabil Bank Limited on 080 Mansib 26 . However, Khatun said that when Ramkumar sent a small amount of money, it was difficult to get a visa and he delayed it for 8/9 months.
Israfil Sheikh, who died at the age of 30 due to debt stress.
"He (Sheikh) was under a lot of stress when the interest rate was increasing by one and a half lakh, and he (Sheikh) was under a lot of stress and he had to go to Kuwait soon, so I started looking for more loans, thinking that I would pay the whole amount," she added, "After getting the loan in installments (cooperative) in the group, I immediately called Ramkumar and his father on August 1, 2018 and paid another Rs. After Ramkumar received all the money, he took her to Kathmandu to send it to Kuwait, but when her husband (Sheikh) sent her back home, Khatun lamented that she could not sleep for many nights due to stress. How to pay the interest if you can't go abroad? He used to ask me from time to time,' she said, 'one day suddenly he fainted, even though he was taken to Bhardah Hospital, he had passed away before that.' After Sheikh's death on October 10, 2081, Khatun sold the jewelery at home and paid installments for two months, but she has not been able to pay the installments since then. She has been struggling to raise her daughters 12-year-old Nazmin and 9-year-old Najni and sons Ibrahim 7-year-old and 3-and-a-half-year-old Ayaan.
80 days in Delhi saying he will send Mauritius
Ramkumar, who has been threatening to demand money back, has not only victimized Sheikh's family. 20-year-old Rupesh Kumar Paswan of Kanchanrup-10 Badgama was also cheated of 350,000 rupees by saying that he would send him to Mauritius. ``Ramkumar, who was known as a villager while living in Kathmandu, stayed in my room for two months,'' Rupesh said, ``At that time, he said that he had a good job as a waiter in a hotel in Mauritius and that there was a salary of one and a half lakh as well as food and accommodation facilities, so I was ready, but first I would get a visa and then I would talk to him at home for money. "I came back when my father (Prabhu) told me to come home with Ramkumar too," he said, "When I came home and talked with Ramkumar and his father (Shyam), my son said that he would send him to Mauritius, so he made him send 3 lakh 50 thousand rupees to Ramkumar's account 4 times." Photo: Vidyanand Ram/Kantipur
Sushindra Paswan, a relative of Paswan, sent Rs 1/1 lakh to Citizen Bank in the name of Ramkumar from Machhapuchhre Bank on July 16 and 20, 2081, Rs 1 lakh to Nabil Bank on July 20 and Rs 50,000 on July 23 . After sending all the money, Ramkumar said that he had to reach Delhi by bus saying that the ticket was already the next day. Rupesh also argued about not going on the bus. However, Rupesh said that he is also ready when another person who is Ramkumar's brother will also go with him. "When we reached Delhi, they probably took us to Khirzabad, it was a place like a hostel but they didn't allow us to contact anyone from outside, it was like a prison," Rupesh said, "There were others who were going to Europe, even if some went". During that period of 80 days, I also saw that something went and came back, and I got sick during that time.' Then Paswan said that he ran away after telling 'Room Monitor' about the problem of getting sick. "Even when I was running away from there, they kept calling me to come back, but I didn't pick up the phone," he said, "I called home and asked for money and came back." Paswan's father Prabhu expressed his grief saying that the money he gave to Ramkumar after taking a loan from the cooperative and the neighbor has come to a point where he is in a state of upheaval. "Some installments were sold by selling buffaloes, and now there is nothing to sell", he said.
Sent to Mauritius on visit visa but turned back at airport
29-year-old Santosh Kumar Paswan and Santosh's nephews 23-year-old Lalan and 21-year-old Suraj from Rupesh's neighboring village, who found out that they had been cheated after being taken to Delhi and made contactless, were cheated by Ramkumar by taking them to Mauritius on a visit visa. They also took it to Kathmandu after sending it to Nabil Bank and Citizen Bank where Ramkumar had an account at the rate of 350,000. According to the voucher, 2 lakhs were sent to Nabil Bank on 27 March 2018, 1 lakh to Citizen Bank on 25 July 2018 and 4 lakh to Nabil Bank on 3 August and 350 thousand to Citizen's account.
29-year-old Santosh Kumar Paswan of Kanchanrup Municipality-10 of Saptari who returned from Mauritius airport on a visit visa. Photo: Vidyanand Ram/Kantipur
'Even though we were taken to Kathmandu, we were kept there for 15 days and taken to Delhi by bus,' Santosh said, 'Ramkumar's people there gave us visas and tickets and left us at the Delhi airport, they didn't even ask us much at the airport.' When they arrived from Delhi to Mumbai, the police at the airport asked why they were going to Mauritius.
'Ramkumar had already learned to answer that he was going to visit when questioned at an airport,' he said, 'When he reached the Mauritius airport, the police started questioning him again. "After that, when the police asked how much money we had, we told them only 500 was not enough, they told us to stay at the airport and after two hours they sent us back to Mumbai," he said. (Suraj) and Bhajita (Lalan) were sent for foreign employment but the whole family was in a situation of homelessness when they were cheated by the neighboring village. "The loan of 10 lakhs and 50 thousand is now around 17 lakhs, the creditor is also insisting to repay the loan," he said.
Fraud
26-year-old Ramkumar's fraud business did not stop there. 33-year-old Sachindra Kumar Yadav of Kanchanrup-1 Bairba and 32-year-old Manoj Kumar Gupta of Ward-2 Baramzhia were cheated of 1/1 lakh rupees by saying that they would send them to the UK. Saying that both of them will need 6 lakhs to go to the UK and they will get a salary of up to 3 lakhs for food and accommodation in the agricultural sector, Ramkumar took 1/1 lakh rupees for the first installment and compensated both of them . According to compensation, Ramkumar understood the amount from Yadav on July 6 and Gupta on August 1.
26-year-old Ramkumar Bhagat of Kanchanrup Municipality-4 Jagatpur, Saptari, who cheated by showing his ID card saying that he is the marketing manager of 'Moon Human Resource Pvt Ltd' in Kathmandu.
Ramkumar has also cheated 33-year-old Rabindra Bhagat, 24-year-old Nursad Sheikh and 23-year-old Zahid Sheikh, brother-in-law of Sheikh, in the name of foreign employment. Saying that he will send them to Kuwait, Ramkumar has cheated Bhagat of 345,000 rupees on July 6, 2081 and 5,70,000 rupees from Nursad and Zahid on 2nd and 081 August. Nursad and Zahid paid Rs 260,000 through the bank and paid the rest in cash, while Bhagat paid cash to Ramkumar. Chairman of Ward 1 Rabban Khan says that even though the victims of fraud come to him, the problem is increasing as the agent Ramkumar is absconding. I talked to Ramkumar once. After that, he is absconding,' he said, 'We are trying to get justice for the victim.'
There was no hearing even after filing a complaint with the department. Lalan, who was defrauded, has demanded that his uncle Santosh and brother Suraj return the defrauded money according to the complaint registered with the department on December 1. Similarly, Prabhu (Rupesh's father) also filed a complaint with the department on January 30. However, due to lack of hearing, they are becoming more victims. Other victims who have been defrauded have not reached the department because of lack of money, while the victims who have filed a complaint and come back will not get immediate justice . Information officer Tikaram Dhakal, who is also the director of the department, said that due to the nature of the case, there is a delay in the proceedings. "This year alone, about 5,000 cases have been filed and we have only 5 investigating officers," he said. It is not even possible to listen on the phone.'
Ramkumar Bhagat's ID card is the marketing manager at 'Moon Human Resources Pvt. Ltd.'.
On the other hand, Ramkumar also accepted the issue of taking money from them to send them for foreign employment . "I stopped working at Moon Human Resource Pvt. Ltd., I got into trouble when the person who gave the money to send the villagers abroad ran away," he added, "I got into more trouble when I reported to the department saying that I will return the money to them too, now whatever happens will be done by the court." I will not give the money back.' Moon Human Resource Pvt. Ltd. could not be contacted after repeated calls.
