Fake Indian currency seized in Capital
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KATHMANDU, AUG 11 -
A Pakistani citizen has been arrested along with counterfeit Indian currency notes.
Indian currency worth Rs. 2.5 million including 3,000 notes of 500 denomination and 1,000 notes of 100 denominations have been confiscated from Mohammad Farooqui who arrived here on Monday from Pakistan, according to the Central Police Newsroom.
The accused has confessed of received the fake currency notes from a person call Ali and to be delivered to an 'agent' in Kathmandu.
A case has already been filed against Farooqui.
Meanwhile, seven traders involved in the business of selling fake Mehendi have been arrested from various parts of Kathmandu.
Some 115 packets of Mehendi were seized from the accused and a case of fraud has been filed against them, police said.
Likewise, Mahendra Dhungana, the proprietor of a massage centre in Thamel has been arrested on the charge of human trafficking and involvement in flesh trade.
Dhungana was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by a girl against him for physically and financially exploiting her by force.
Posted on: 2010-08-11 09:29
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