Four Arrested with Counterfeit Currency in Rupandehi

The Rupandehi police have arrested and disclosed four individuals found in possession of counterfeit currency. The arrested persons are from Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi, Sindhupalchok, and Kathmandu districts. They were caught with 21 counterfeit 1,000-rupee notes on Chaitra 22 and 26, in the Siddharthnagar and Sainamaina areas respectively.

A team dispatched by the District Police Office of Rupandehi seized the counterfeit notes and arrested the four suspects. According to the police, the arrested individuals are 36-year-old Bishnu Shrestha from Wangsanga Municipality-2 in Kapilvastu, 28-year-old Sujan Khanal alias Muktiprasad Khanal from Devchuli Municipality-15 in eastern Nawalparasi, 35-year-old Rolbahadur Shrestha from Chautara Sangachokgadhi Municipality-8 in Sindhupalchok, and 53-year-old Dipendra Thapa from Budhanilkanta Municipality-9 in Kathmandu.

According to Krishna Kumar Chand, the Information Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Rupandehi, special intelligence was received indicating the illegal trade of Nepalese currency notes in various parts of the district. Based on this information, a police team dispatched from the district office and its subordinate offices conducted surveillance operations. On Chaitra 22, the team apprehended suspects at Siddharthnagar Municipality-5 (Bhairahawa), and on Chaitra 26, at Bachkaiya in Sainamaina Municipality-10, seizing 21 counterfeit Nepalese 1,000-rupee notes along with the four individuals. The police have publicly disclosed the arrests and are continuing further investigations related to the case.