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Kathmandu, November 25 (Agencies): Two Indian women from the northeast state of Mizoram have been arrested in Nepal for carrying banned Indian currency notes.
Lalring Heti, 41, and Lal Moonbami, 37, were arrested Monday at the airport in Bhadrapur in eastern Nepal while trying to catch a flight to Kathmandu, police said Wednesday. The two women, both of whom are residents of Champai, a district nearly 200 km from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, were carrying Rs.195,000 in Indian currency notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 denomination, both of which are banned in Nepal.
The two women have been sent to Kathmandu to undergo investigation by the revenue investigation department, police said.
The arrest of the two Indian women comes less than 10 days after a British national, Venkatraman Jagannathan, was arrested at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu for carrying Rs.50,000 in Indian 1,000-rupee currency notes. Though lower denominations Indian currency notes are accepted in Nepal, the government banned the use of 1,000-rupee and 500-rupee notes more than a decade back following the Reserve Bank of India guidelines.
The step was taken to prevent the growing counterfeiting of Indian currency by organised criminal networks running through several countries as well as to prevent the sponsoring of terrorist activities. However, people in India and other countries still largely remain ignorant about the restrictions, resulting in trouble at Nepal airports. In June, Indian national Anil Sharma faced a harrowing time after he was found to be carrying Rs.140,000 in 1,000-rupee notes. Carrying large sums in Indian currency, be it in the banned notes or even lesser denomination, is also a punishable offence in Nepal if the carrier is not an Indian or a Nepali national.

Comments (3 posted):

Linda h on November 26, 2009 08:01:01
morungexpress
Am not surprise, for anyone who lives in Delhi, Please go to Munirka and see for yourself. The no NE women living in with NIgerians is alarming.All of us know most of these nigerians are into fraud biz. We cry foul when anything happen to our girls, But, the time has come for us to open our eyes to see whats happening in reality.Today its fake currency, tommorw it could be drugs...
education on November 27, 2009 12:43:58
morungexpress
The problem is, it is banned in Nepal. Otherwise there is nothing wrong in carrying Rs. 195,000. What is Rs.195,000? It is a small amount for Hindustanis and Nepali rich men. May be the two women are not aware higher denomination of Indian currency (500 note & 1000 note)is banned in Nepal. And you fucking "Linda h", why take-up Nigerians or "fake currency". There is no mention of "fake currency" or Nigerians as such. You are full of the attitude of maligning others. May be you are a Mizo hater, a Naga hater, a Kuki hater and a Meitei hater. But surprisingly, we never saw you mentioning a particular tribe of Churachandpur which you belong. May be you were perfect.
Dragon on November 27, 2009 07:38:27
morungexpress
That airport in Nepal border is not maintained well and security people there are notorious and corrupt. Once when I was there I could not see any notice about such restrictions. But while proceeding for check in I came across security people demanding 50% from all the passengers having Indian currencies of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 denominations.Beware, everything in Bhadrapur airport is just worst and creating bad image of India and Nepal!

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