The mother and father of 13-year-old Man Bahadur Vick of Chure rural municipality 1 of Kailali are ill. There is no one to earn at home. After the village dai told him that he could get a good job packing goods in Rudrapur, India, but he had to deposit 23,000 baht for that, he took out a loan of 40,000 by mortgaging the farm.

Then he reached Rudrapur in Uttarakhand, India. He reached Rudrapur in contact with the village dai and was initially kept in a hostel. It was like training there for a few days. He was then taken to a nearby house. Where there were other Nepalis too . The mobile phone with him was also stolen. There is neither good food nor good accommodation.

'I have only my mother, father and sister in my house, my parents are sick, there is no one to earn,' said Vick, who reached Gaddachouki Naka on his way back home on Wednesday after being rescued after being a hostage for a month. 20-year-old Vishal Budhatok from Annapurna Rural Municipality 1 in Kaski reached Rudrapur three months ago. A person called Navin from Dharan called him and told him that he would get a good salary . Before that, a Nepali named Birendra Shahi had communicated with Navin's mobile via message.

'Birendra has bought a ticket to Rudrapu, he went there from Bhairahawa crossing,' Budhathoki said, 'He gets a salary of 23,000 bharu a month, he can eat mutton and chicken every day, there is packing work, that's what he said.' He gave 23,000 bharu to Shahi as soon as he reached Rudrapur.

After he started calling by phone and message during the day and at night, he also got caught in the lure of good salary . After reaching Rudrapur, they were given good food and accommodation for a week. After that, he says that he was kept in a room with other Nepalis and made like a prisoner. Shahi also asked him to call other friends from his mobile phone. The more people you call, the better the salary will be. He said that he would give the phone only when a friend called him and put it on hold at other times.

N's brother Suman Budhathoki also reached Rudrapur 4 months ago. They were kept in Rudrapur for about a month and then taken to Kashipur. He said that after they were taken to Kashipur, they were beaten and even tortured by hanging.

Why did India rescue 57 people from 18 districts like Man Bahadur and Vishal this week with the help of local police? With the help of Indian police, Naveen Joshi from India explained why Nepalis were rescued by raiding the house where they were held hostage. According to him, initially 35 people were rescued from Kashipur.

They were preparing to raid Rudrapur the next day, but the hostage takers changed their address and took them to a house in the middle of the forest, he said. He said that 22 people were rescued after chasing about 25/30 kilometers.

A case was registered at District Police Office Taplejung that 27-year-old Som Limbu of Taplejung died while being held hostage a month ago. 

Then Taplejung District Police Office and District Administration Office informed the Ministry of Home Affairs. The information reached the Nepali Embassy in Delhi through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Joshi from India explains why it came out that the Nepalis were held hostage in Rudrapur and Kashipur only after that.

'After this matter reached us, we did many times to understand, see and reiki,' Joshi said, 'After everything was cleared, we raided Kashipur with the help of Uttarakhand police.' Bouncers were placed around to scare.

In the beginning, the Nepalese were afraid to speak. After the arrest of Birendra Shahi, the hostage-taker, everyone got angry and started expressing their pain. 

According to Joshi, 32 people were kept in three small rooms. 3 people ran away from the farm in the morning on the same day. They also came in contact that evening. There was no place to sit and listen inside. In the same way, he said that he succeeded in raising the rate in Rudrapur after continuous reiki.

Joshi said that Birendra Shahi belonged to Doti. Joshi said that along with Birendra, a person named Manis Tiwari has also been arrested and the case has been proceeded with. He said that some documents were recovered from them. He said that since 2018, Shahi has been calling Nepali people and taking money and making them invite others.

According to Joshi, information has been received that there are other places where hostages are taken in this way in different places of Uttarakhand and now they are on their way. He also said that there was information that 1/150 of the hostages were sent home.