Overview
- A senior counsellor, Akanksha Rajendra Tiwari of Achieve International, was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly duping a Nepali couple with promises of a London job and visas.
- The complainant, Vikas Vidurkumar Khatiwada, said he and his wife, Monika Dahal, found the consultancy through social media posts touting overseas placements.
- Payments began with a ₹2 lakh advance and continued between June 2024 and May 2025, totaling roughly ₹27 lakh, according to the police complaint and FIR details.
- Investigators registered cases of cheating and criminal breach of trust against Tiwari and company owner Rohit Sonagra/Songara, who remains a named co-accused.
- Tiwari is in police custody, with Hindustan Times reporting she confessed during interrogation, as police probe for additional victims and report the Kandivali office had shifted to Malad.