Goa education minister detained at Mumbai airport

Goa education minister Atanasio Monserrate was detained at the Mumbai airport in the wee hours today for allegedly carrying unaccounted foreign and Indian currency.

The minister was detained for possessing undisclosed US dollars at the airport, airport sources said.

The sources also said that he may have been carrying foreign and Indian currency beyond permissible limits.

It was not clear as to where the minister was headed to.

Monserrate's elder son Rohit was arrested in 2009 for allegedly raping a minor German girl in Goa.

In February, Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was detained for allegedly carrying about Rs60 lakh of undeclared foreign currency at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.