Rautahat police have arrested three Indian nationals on the charge of cheating locals in the name of providing them with cash relief on the behalf of Indian Government. The arrested have been identified as Sujit Kumar, Sandip Kumar Kusawaha and Ranjit Kumar Kusawaha from Lakhaura in India. They were arrested from Dudhihawa in Fatuwa Harsaha-6 VDC of Rautahat.

According to police, they were cheating the locals by charging the locals rupees one hundred to fill a form which they claimed would be required to receive the cash relief from the Indian Government. A team of police under the command of Inspector Santu Lal Jayasawal of Area Police Office Garuda arrested them from Garuda after some locals informed them about the frauds. By the time police arrived the arrested frauds had already persuaded 37 naive locals to fill in the form, saying that the Indian Government would compensate them rupees one to two lakhs.