The families of the victims, including the Bode Barsain Municipality of Saptari, who were defrauded a year and a half ago by being sent abroad, protested in front of the District Police Office on Friday demanding justice.
Among the victims, 24-year-old Ravindra Kumar Yadav of Ward 2 Bairayahi said that he had kidnapped 'Agent' Mahadev Sah of Bishnupur Rural Municipality-2.
A year and a half ago, Yadav, the victim, said that despite taking 25 lakh rupees from 10 people, including 7 people from Ward 2, 7 people were not sent abroad and 3 people who were sent to Dubai on a visit visa had to return to prison after three months.
"Many have seen my face and trusted Agent Sah and given money". Some have given him money through me. But today, tomorrow, they have been dangling for one and a half years," he said, "almost everyone takes a loan of 260,000 and pays it to the agent, but they neither send it abroad nor return the money.''
'There, the agent promised to return the money in 4 days and sent him home . Then, on the contrary, his family is putting pressure on them by complaining that Sah (agent) has been kidnapped," he said, "DSP Saab is calling and asking to meet, the police came to the village and they are searching, and everyone is panicking." "Mahajan can't sleep because he can't pay the interest, he's having trouble taking care of his children," he said. She expressed her pain saying that the interest was increasing when she did not send it.
"A single woman has to run a family, the loan interest is increasing on top of that," she added, "They don't give back the passport, nor the money, and now the threat of a kidnapping case has made them even more alarmed." Indal Sada of Latiahi and Dharmadev Yadav of Bhagwanpur rural municipality-3 of Siraha have been cheated by agent Sah.
The victims say that out of the amount they paid, they paid 18 lakh 40 thousand rupees through the bank and the remaining 660 thousand rupees were paid in cash. Ward President of Bode Barsain-2 Ram Prasad Ram said that "Agent" Sah tried to trap the locals by cheating.
'That agent has already created a situation that has made many people suffer, now I found that he is making the victim even more victimized under the pretext of prosecuting the kidnapping case,' he said, 'It is necessary for the police to conduct an impartial investigation and we are also coordinating with other stakeholders.' "We have only called to inquire based on the verbal complaint received from Sah's family," he said.
