Crime Journey of 22 years old ‘Nepali Natwarlal’, From ‘Diamond Theft’ to Human Trafficking

Kathmandu: Natwarlal was one of the biggest con men of India. The name of Natwarlal, who was born in Bihar, is even taken as a symbol of forgery and theft today. He was a notorious fraud and forgery.

It was a normal thing for Natwarlal (real name Mithiles Kumar Srivastav) to do fraud. He had even forged the signature of the then-Indian President to sell the famous historical Taj Mahal as well as ancient monuments, the parliament house, and even President’s residence. This was not a one-time act. He had repeatedly sold it to multiple people and generated income. Natwarlal was an infamous name during the decades of 1970s, 80s, and 90s in India.

Similarly, a youth from Udaypur seems to be tracing the same path as Natwarlal to gain the same heights. The youth has been involved in various offenses of fraud including thefts, forgery, and thugs just at the age of 22 years.

His name is Sujan Acharya. He has been involved in a series of forgery-related events since childhood. He has committed a fraud of 10 crore rupees last year. Sujan, currently absconded, tricked various youths in the name of arranging employment in Singapore.

There is a prediction that he had fooled more than 80 youths by making several gangs. Nepal Views has found evidence of Sujan fooling and collecting money between 3 to 19 lakhs rupees. 39 out of the total tricked youths by Sujan and his gang have come in contact with Nepal Views.

‘Fake Photos’ of Meeting with High Profile Personalities including Modi and Biden

Sujan used to get disguised himself as a police sometimes and sometimes as a journalist to involve in criminal activities. In recent times, he has been identifying himself as a businessman. He has been introducing himself as the owner of the ‘S Group Global Company’ situated in Singapore. Sujan, who has been riding a car, walks with his bouncers to gain the trust of people.

Sujan has also been showing fake documents, made using Photoshop, to claim himself as the owner of the five-star hotels and big housing projects in Kathmandu. He even claims to be the shareholder of many five-star hotels in Nepal and even Singapore’s ‘Villandro.’

Additionally, he has been tricking the people following this strategy. He shows his photo with the high profile political leaders and police to gain the trust of the people. Sujan confidently says, ‘I have connections with big leaders.’

Sujan has even made photos of sharing frames with world-famous leaders.  He has posted fake photos of posing with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and American President Joe Biden.

These photos have been a tool for Sujan to trick people by showing them hope for foreign employment. He had deactivated his Facebook account after complaints has been filed against him. His Facebook page ‘Sujan Acharya’ is still active.

Providing a fake appointment letter of 4 lakhs and charging up to 19 lakhs

Sujan is currently in Singapore. The victims have been complaining that Sujan has been operating his so-called lover Binu Shakya and his aunt’s son (cousin brother) Srijan Niraula to collect the money.

Evidence has been found against Sujan of manipulating people to appoint them to his Singapore-based company with attractive salaries. He even gave fake appointment letters the Singapore-based hotels to the victims. The appointment letter shows providing 4 lakhs rupees of salaries to the victims. Sujan has been found charging 19 lakh rupees showing the letter.

Paras Adhikari, a victim, says, ‘Sujan claimed to doing a huge investment in the hospitality business and having a share in a five-star hotel of Villandro in Singapore.  Even gave the appointment letter. It was found later that those were fake and photoshopped documents.’

The victims have filed a complaint with the foreign employment department. His brother Srijan has been arrested. Police have taken the arrest warrant from the Court to arrest Sujan and his lover Binu. Both are absconding.

According to the Police, the investigation is going on. The director and information officer of the department said, ‘A complaint, along with the evidence, has been filed against him in the case of cheating people for foreign employment in Singapore and collecting money. We are ready with the arrest warrant. The search operation is on.’

Joint Press Meet of 39 Victims

Victims claimed that Sujan had collected between 5 lakhs to 20 lakh rupees from each person, in 2079 B.S. in the name of arranging a job with a monthly salary between 3 thousand Singapore dollars (2 lakhs 93 thousand rupees) and 48 hundred Singapore dollars (4 lakhs 70 thousand rupees).

Victims from more than 12 districts organized a joint press conference for justice. They even disclosed the bank statement of their payment to Sujan. The victims also showcased their fake appointment letters.

‘We all had connections with each other, so the number has reached 39. There are still 25-30 victims, who are not in our contact. They are waiting for justice by filing a complaint. Sujan has collected a total of 10 crore rupees from all the victims.’, Paras Adhikari, one of the victims, said in the press conference.

The victims have claimed that Sujan’s ‘so-called lover’ Binu Shakya (Belly dancer) and his 20 years relative brother Srijan Niraula (from Bahradashe rural municipality-6) are also involved in the case.

Victim Anil Adhikari said, ‘Most of us have transferred cash to Binu Shakya’s account in Investment Bank. Binu, involved in the case, is also hiding in Singapore. Srijan has also collected the money. Police have arrested Srijan. An arrest warrant has been issued against Binu and Sujan.’

Entered Crime World at a young age

Sujan was born in 2058 B.S. He was only 16 years old when he started doing fraud in Udaipur.  He used to claim himself as the ‘Young Journalist’ from Kathmandu and post it on social media.

He had even organized a press conference claiming ‘Creating new Guinness World Record by continuously interviewing for more than 90 hours. ‘Rashtriya Swtantra Party RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane created a Guinness World Record by taking interviews continuously for more than 62 hours in 2070 B.S.

Sujan had even published news in some newspapers claiming that he would break Rabi’s record. He even gave interviews on YouTube. Sujan started collecting money by showing the news and YouTube interviews.

Misuse of Media as a transit for the ‘Journey of Forgery’

Sujan is an expert in doing a forgery signature. He can identically copy the signature of any person. Sujan even fooled people by saying that he was a shareholder in a few industries, running under the Chaudhary Group. He even used to brag about having the black money of the majority of leaders.

Sujan even tried to work in a few media for meetings and clicking photos with high-profile personalities. This was his preliminary step for fooling people by clicking photos with popular businessmen, famous high-profile officials, and big leaders. But, no media recruited him.

His desperation for clicking photos with high-profile personalities kept increasing. Hence, he even became ready to work without a salary.

Sujan started visiting big political leaders and high-profile officers of Nepal in the name of broadcasting interviews on television. He used to click photos with those personalities taking advantage of the occasion.

Also, Sujan used to post those pictures on Facebook. He used to influence people, showing those photos to the public, and claim having high-profile links.

Sujan continued fooling people with the claim of helping them, flying them to foreign countries, and helping them in their business. Even the television fired him from the job, after knowing about his fraud mentality. But, his forgery journey didn’t stop.

From ‘Diamond Thief’ to Wildlife Skin Smuggling

In Mangsir, 2076, two people, who claimed of being journalists, were accused of smuggling wildlife skin and were jailed. The arrested Nawaraj Poudel and Keshav Neupane had used Sujan’s vehicle for the crime. Police found the bark of the salak and the cat’s skin from the duo.

But, police made a seizure bond without ascertaining which of the defendants had seized the material from whom. Then, Sujan was also freed from the case. Only Nawaraj and Keshav were jailed. But still, Sujan did not stop leaving the path of forgery.

However, he was not able to get an excuse from the next case. He was arrested when he was busted while running away with a stolen diamond on 9^th Mangsir, 2076. Sujan had reached with the excuse of buying diamonds from Dhanalaxmi Gurung’s house in Chaukitar Gogani, Kailash Rural municipality-5, Makwanpur.

Sujan was there with his team. Police arrested the team. Later, Sujan was freed from the case. He has been claiming of getting a clean chit in the case nowadays.

Likewise, he was arrested again on Jestha last year. Sujan blackmailed a model. He asked for 7 crore rupees for not leaking her video.

Sujan, along with 7 people, were arrested in blackmailing and threatening cases. He was released on bail in that case. During the bail period, he used to go, along with bouncers, to the Kathmandu District Court, Babarmahal. He wanted to make an impression of walking with a bodyguard.

Sujan had hired 30 bouncers from the ‘Seven Star Security Company.’ Later it was found that he had borrowed the bouncers from the company and had not even paid for the service yet. He even stopped appearing in court.

Tricked friend in custody

Sujan even tricked his friend, who was arrested along with him in the 7 crore bargaining and blackmailing scandal, in custody. He fooled his friend, claiming that he had a connection with a judge and was in the process of freeing everyone from the case.

His friends said that Sujan had taken 3 lakh rupees from each of his friends in the name of bribing the judge. One of his friends informed Nepal Views,’ He said one in his contact was a judge. He would free all seven of us.  But, we need to pay 3 lakh rupees each in return. Some gave. Some didn’t. ‘

All seven were freed on bail. But the case has not concluded just because of the absconding of Sujan.

Sujan even sold the name of Rishi Dhamala and collected money. He even put Tika from Rishi’s wife Aliza in Tihar. Sujan is an expert in manipulating people.

Sujan used to call Rishi his brother-in-law. He even fooled his so-called sister Aliza and absconded by taking money from Aliza.

Fooled and Invited Minister to Birthday Party

Sujan celebrated his birthday in a five-star hotel last year. He had even fooled and invited the then Labor and Employment Minister Sher Bahadur Kunwar to the party. Sujan asked Minister Kunwar to attend the event to inaugurate his new company titling ‘Everest Spring Water.’

There was a huge pile of complaints against Sujan in the Ministry. Hence, he was trying to get closer to the minister. He invited him to the party claiming that he had established a huge company. Sujan had organized the party in ‘Yak and Yeti Hotel.’ He even invited the victims to the party to cool their tempers. Minister Kunwar was compelled to cut the ribbon. He influenced the minister to give a speech exaggerating his qualities.

Just after the ribbon ceremony, Sujan asked Kunwar to celebrate his birthday by cutting a cake. He thanked Kunwar on Facebook for attending his birthday party.

This event boosted his blackmail events. He started influencing people for foreign employment by showing his photos with the minister. Sujan picked his speed in blackmailing the people.

Sujan fooled many people that he was the owner of a Water supplying country and tricked people into giving them employment in the company. The victim of his fraud had decided to file a complaint against him. His birthday party was his rescue plan at that moment.

How much Sujan collected from each victim?

39 victims, in the press conference, displayed evidence of submitting 4 crores 30 lakhs to Sujan. There is suspicion that he had collected money from even other people. There is a prediction that Sujan had collected 10 crore rupees for recruiting people in various companies in Singapore.

Paras Adhikari of Kailali submitted 12 lakhs 50 thousand rupees. Anil Adhikari submitted a total of 44 lakhs of 5 people to Sujan. Min Adhikari gave 12 lakhs.

Prem Saud and Rajendra Saud from Achham gave 12 lakhs rupees each. Bindu Khatri, from Accham. gave 7 lakh rupees. Surendra Shah from Kanchanpur gave 12 lakh rupees. Jharendra Singh from Bajura gave Sujan 12 lakh 50 thousand rupees. Jagadish Basnet gave 7 lakh rupees.

Similarly, Jhapa’s Avishek Shrestha, Anand Shrestha, Mahendra Tamang, Manoj Upreti, Avishek Acharya, Saugat Gomde, Sudhir Parajuli, Nitesh Mainali, Umesh Mainali, Krishna Chaudhary, Mahesh Tamang and Amit Tamang from Jhapa have also been cheated by Sujan in the temptation to go to Singapore.

Prakash B.K., Ramesh Singh Mayal, Keshav B.K., and Bhim B.K. from Kailali have also complained with the police and the foreign employment department saying that they were cheated.

Kavre’s Jagdish Basnet, Ravin Sapkota, Jagmohan Basnet, Prabhusharan Adhikari, and Balram Pant have also said that they were cheated with evidence.

Rishiman Tamang of Morang, Vikas Shrestha, Suman Dangal of Morang, Kathmandu, Dinesh Dahal, Govind Puri of Dang, Sanjay Giri, Krishna Shahi of Kanchanpur, Bhupendra Singh of Baitadi, Anil Bhandari of Banke and Thaindra Limbu also told the press conference that they were cheated.

The Nepali version of the story was published on Monday

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