Satish Sharma
Raxaul : Fourteen persons including a Pakistani woman and five from Bihar have been arrested by Nepal police with
Indian counterfeit notes of the face value of Rs 55 lakh and Counterfeit US dollars of the face value of $19500. All the arrested persons are being quizzed by top revenue intelligence officials and the officials of special bureau of Metropolitan police.
For the second time in less than one-and-a-half- month, a second Pakistan national has been arrested with fake notes. The record haul of fake US dollars in Nepal has surprised all. Bam Bahadur Bhandari , DIG, special bureau of
police, Kathmandu, told newsmen on Tuesday evening that acting on a tip off, police sleuths arrested a woman near Tribhuwan international airport on Saturday and recovered huge fake US dollars and Indian currency. During interrogation, she said her name is Shama Naz and she belongs to Pakistan.
The police also seized her passport and examined it to verify her name and address. She admitted for the first time she has brought US dollars on trial basis in Nepal to dispose them of in Indian territory. The police said, she admitted that she is member of of a gang of fake note racketeers of Pakistan and named some persons of Kathmandu who are in this racket. The police swung into action and arrested 13 persons from different places around Kathmandu and recovered fake currency from their possession.
The Nepal police identified five arrested persons belonging to Jamui district of Bihar. They are: Arun Kumar , Baidyanath Gupta , Vijay Sharma , Yusuf Khan and Zaisuf . The Nepal police is verifying the names and addresses of
all the arrested persons in Nepal and Bihar to nab their other associates. The racketeers seem to be tapping Indian
nationals working in Nepal to dispose of these fake notes ,the police added .