64 crore transactions by opening 63 accounts in the name of 12 people
32 May, Kathmandu. It has been found that one person has made an illegal transaction of Rs 64 crore through ‘One X Bet’, which is used for betting and gambling in various games and online activities in the world.
According to the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, Dinesh Khadka, who lives in Kailali and Chabahil, was found to be active as the main agent of bookmakers by opening accounts in the names of 12 people using the documents of Vilash Tharu, Tej Bahadur Khadka, Naveen Chaudhary, Anita Dhital.
Senior Superintendent of Police Dr. Manoj KC informed that Dinesh had opened 63 accounts to use the bookie’s money. According to him, along with him, four other people who are active as betting agents have been arrested and investigation has been started. Those arrested are Nij Khadka, Anita Dhital, Dipesh Shrestha, Dinesh Chand and Ashish Lamichhane.
It has been found that they have traded Rs 74 crore 13 lakh in bookies. Superintendent of Police Dr. KC said that Ashish had transacted Rs 30 million and Dipesh had transacted Rs 55.4 million.
According to him, the police recovered Rs 37 lakh from Ashish. According to the police, various materials including laptop, mobile, SIM were recovered from them.
The office has released them today along with the recovered material. As they have also found evidence of crypto currency transactions, the police have prepared to proceed with the case under the National Bank Act and the Gambling Act.
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