new delhi a movie actor from nepal and his two associates were arrested for allegedly operating a human trafficking racket the actor was identified as khushbuhamalthakuri alias raj hamal 39 and his associates as suryakarky 28 and kamalchaudhary 34 said deveshsrivastava addlcp central the accused have allegedly duped hundreds of people by posing as south african embassy officials promising them work visas police clearance certificates 47 nepali passports 5 indian passports and rs 8 lakh cash were recovered from them on saturday a trap was laid around sanjeevani hospital and hamal and karky were arrested by a team led by inspector satender mohan later the team apprehended chaudhary srivastava said five nepali nationals who were in the custody of the gang were rescued from a hotel in nabi karim the victims told us that they were brought to delhi by an agent called maya tawang who assured them of work visa for african countries for rs 45 lakh they paid rs one lakh to tawang in nepal srivastava said in delhi tawang introduced them to the gang who posed as south african embassy officials they were asked to pay rs two lakh once the amount was paid they were told to stay in the hotel while tawang returned to nepal he added