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Dawood Ibrahim aide held for smuggling Rs 2000 notes worth Rs 7.6 cr

The Pakistani nationals have been identified as, Muhammad Akhtar, Nasir Uddin & Nadia Anwar — all three hail from Karachi.

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Yunus Ansari (2nd left) along with the other arrested accused
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In a major development, Nepal arrested a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Yunus Ansari along with three Pakistani nationals for trying to smuggle Rs 2000 Indian currency notes.

The Pakistani nationals have been identified as, Muhammad Akhtar, Nasir Uddin & Nadia Anwar — all three hail from Karachi. Ansari, a Nepali national is the son of a former Nepali lawmaker Salim Miya Anasari allegedly has links with criminal groups in Pakistan and has been arrested in fake currency rackets.

The trio and Ansari were arrested from Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport. Ansari had gone to the airport to receive the trio who arrived from Qatar. Nepal Police spokesman and Deputy Inspector General Bishwo Raj Pokharel, confirming the development, was quoted by ANI as saying, "We have arrested Yunus Miya Ansari along with three Pakistanis and two Nepalis from the Tribhuvan International Airport with counterfeit Indian Bank Notes.

They came to Nepal from Qatar with the fake Indian currencies but their passport shows that their travel started from Pakistan."The counterfeit Indian currency caught by Nepal authorities is worth Rs 7.6 crore. Criminals take the Nepal route to smuggle fake currency into India owing to a porus border.

Meanwhile, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested six Pakistani nationals on charges of smuggling 218 kgs of narcotic drugs at Jakhau Port, Gujarat. The Coast Guard had intercepted the Pakistani vessel on May 22 with six Pakistani crew and brought it to Jakhau (Kutch) on the Gujarat Coast. A total of 194 packets of drugs were recovered by the Coast Guard from the vessel.

Who Is Yunus?

Yunus Ansari, a Nepali national is the son of a former Nepali lawmaker Salim Miya Anasari, allegedly has links with criminal groups in Pakistan and has been arrested in fake currency rackets earlier too

 

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