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Pak embassy staffer nabbed with fake Indian currency
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.
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
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