Kathmandu: Nepal Police yesterday arrested an Indian along with fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs250,000 from an airport near the international border, officials said.
The man, arrested in Biratnagar city, was identified as 45-year-old Suresh Singh Kushwaha from Madhya Pradesh.
Police seized 150 notes of Rs1,000 denomination and 200 notes of Rs500 denomination from him.
The man was trying to take a flight to Kathmandu from Biratnagar, said Sub-Inspector Kumar Shrestha, chief of the airport security post.
The official said Kushwaha was to distribute the notes in Kathmandu.
In May, police had arrested two Indians — Sanjay Prasad Gupta and Kamalesh Thakur of Bihar — with fake Indian currency of face value Rs3,40,000.
A Vietnamese national, Pham Van Dinh, was arrested last year with Rs10 million in fake Indian currency. IANS
