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Two Indian Nationals Arrested in Nepal with Fake Indian Banknotes
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News18•01-10-2026, 22:30
Two Indian Nationals Arrested in Nepal with Fake Indian Banknotes
- •Two Indian nationals, Abdul Majid (25) and Rubed Alam (26), both from Bihar, were arrested in Jhapa district, Koshi province, Nepal.
- •They were apprehended with fake Indian bank notes amounting to NPR 35,000.
- •The accused were traveling on an Indian number plate motorbike and were found with 70 pieces of fake Indian 500-denomination notes.
- •The seized notes were sent to Nepal Rastra Bank, Biratnagar branch, for verification and confirmed to be counterfeit.
- •The individuals have been placed under judicial remand for five days to facilitate further investigation.
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The two Indian nationals were arrested in the Jhapa district located in Nepal's Koshi province.
The police recovered 70 pieces of Rs 500 denomination Indian bank notes, amounting to NPR 35,000, from the accused individuals.
After the Nepal Rastra Bank verified that the recovered notes were fake, the accused were placed under a five-day judicial remand to allow for further investigation.
