Butwal, May 30 -- A total of 453 Nepali nationals have been rescued from Kushinagar in India's Uttar Pradesh after being held in what authorities describe as a fraudulent networking-based trafficking racket.

The rescue operation was conducted on Friday by Rupandehi Police with support from Indian authorities. The rescued individuals were brought back to Nepal on Saturday. The coordinated effort involved Nepal Police units from Lumbini Province and Rupandehi District Police, based on information that Nepali youths were being kept in coercive conditions.

According to police, individuals from different districts in Nepal were taken to India after being promised attractive jobs and high earnings. They were transported via the Sunauli border...