LAMJUNG, Nov 2: Lamjung police have arrested a contractor who was absconding after taking money from the earthquake victims, saying that he would rebuild their houses destroyed by the earthquake of 2015. The government provided Rs 3 00,000 to each quake victim.
According to the police, contractor Yam Bahadur Thokar, 47, a resident of Ammasbesi, Makwanpur District, Bakaiya Rural Municipality-10, who had won the contract to build the houses of the earthquake victims, was arrested after three years.
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DSP Prakash Shrimal said that he was arrested as he had swindled the quake victims out of Rs 6.6 million.
After a complaint was filed against the contractor, who had been absconding for three years by giving false assurances to the quake victims, a joint team from the District Police Office, Lamjung and Police Range, Lalitpur, arrested him on October 20.
