East Champaran, September 20 (HS). During investigation at Ratao Mati check post located on Kathmandu-Virganj National Highway in Nepal, Pashupatinagar Sentinel Office Police of Makwanpur district seized Rs 23 lakh 38 thousand 571 and foreign currency of many other countries. An Indian citizen has been arrested along with.
He has been identified as 40-year-old Rambhu Das, resident of Parsauna Ward No. 9 of Palanwa police station area of East Champaran district of Bihar. Anil Karki, SP of Makwanpur in Nepal, told our correspondent in this regard that the vehicle with Nepali number coming from Hetauda towards Virganj was checked after seeing the Indian citizen in a suspicious condition.
SP said that during the investigation, the money kept hidden on his body and in his bag was recovered. The recovered money was 80 pieces in the form of Euro 50, 133 pieces in the form of Japanese currency 1000, 1000 thousand in the form of Saudi Arabian Riyal. 2 pieces in the form of 500, 15 pieces in the form of 200, 5 pieces in the form of 200, 52 pieces in the form of 100, 7 pieces in the form of 50, 5 pieces in the form of 20, 13 pieces in the form of 10, 7 pieces in the form of 5 i.e. total 116 A piece of foreign currency was recovered, whose value is equivalent to Rs 23 lakh 38 thousand 371 of Nepali currency. SP Karki said that further action is being taken to investigate the matter.