Kathmandu, Aug 19: A Pakistani embassy official in Nepal was allegedly caught red-handed with fake Indian currency amounting to Rs 45,000, but was released due to his diplomatic immunity, police said today. A special police monitoring team seized 90 fake 500 rupee notes from Mohmad Masud, a Pakistan embassy clerk, yesterday evening at a restaurant here following a tip-off, Superintendent of Police Kuber Singh Rana told nespersons.
Masud was handed over to the Kathmandu district police office, Rana said adding that a senior Pakistani diplomat later got him released showing diplomatic immunity.
The police was conducting a probe into the seizure, Rana said.
A Pakistani embassy staffer was arrested in January 2001, during the 11th Saarc summit, for carrying fake Indian currency.
Bureau Report