Tourist police receive 370 complaints

KATHMANDU: Nepal Police have received 370 complaints related with tourists so far from the beginning of the current fiscal year 2080/81.

Of them, 273 are related with loss of goods, 49 related with theft, 11 related with cheating, five related with looting, 17 related with misbehavior, two related with attack, two related with accident, one related with threating, four related with missing people, one related with misconduct and one related with kidnaping, according to the Nepal Police Headquarters.

According to Spokesperson of the Nepal Police Headquarters, Deputy Inspector General, Bhim Prasad Dhakal, shared that total 79 complaints were filed in the fiscal year 2077/78, 180 in fiscal year 2078/79 and 532 in fiscal year 2079/80 and most of the cases were found related with loss of documents and goods.

Tourist police are active to address the problems, and complaints of tourists, to make their stay in Nepal safe and to promote tourism development, said Chief of Tourist Police office, Bhrikuti Mandap, Narendra Kunwar.

Tourist police used to provide necessary information and support to tourists, make regular patrolling at tourism areas as well as arresting those found involved in indecent and illegal activities at tourism areas and hand over them to concerned offices for the action, he added.

Tourist police immediately address problems and complaints of tourists, Kunwar mentioned. A tourist can dial hotline no 1144 if they face any problem.