All the capital-based foreign employment recruitment agencies have shut down their operation from today as a protest against police raid on 18 manpower companies on Wednesday.Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA) decided to shut all the manpower companies following police raid on Wednesday that led to the arrest of 14 operators of companies on the allegation of forgery.The NAFEA has alleged the police conduct of being out of its jurisdiction.

The Association has however urged all the companies to send the workers who have already been issued visas to their destination countries within a week.Over 625 manpower companies are operating in the capital.