‘Ex-Nepal prince involved in fake currency racke’

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old man has been arrested here with fake Indian currency with nominal value of Rs.44,350, police said Thursday. Alok Kumar Singh, who hails from Bihar, was arrested Wednesday from near an ice cream booth in Patparganj in east Delhi, and the fake currency notes in the denomination of Rs.50 and Rs.100 were seized from him.

October 7th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal says they have no idea about the criminal life led by Abdul Majid Siddiqui - also known as Majid Maniyar - who, according to the Indian police headed a fake Indian currency and arms smuggling network in Nepal and was allegedly an operative of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. "We have no official information about Maniyar," Nepal's home ministry spokesman Jaya Mukunda Khanal said Wednesday, 48 hours after Maniyar was found murdered in a hotel room in southern Nepal along the India-Nepal border.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Fake Indian currency nominally worth Rs.700,000 was detected at a Citi Bank branch in the national capital, police said Friday. Citi Bank's Connaught Place branch manager G.S.

September 9th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar has said his government is really concerned about the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and would take proper action against anyone who indulges in the practice. Talking to reporters in Birganj in the Terai plains near the Indo-Nepalese border, Nepal said, "We are really concerned about this racket and if anyone uses our land to supply fake currency into India, we will take proper action." "Any unlawful activities detrimental to the interest of our neighbouring country will not be allowed," he added.

September 9th, 2009 RAXAUL - Border guards have arrested two Nepalese with fake currency worth Rs 40,000 in the town of Raxaul, Bihar, near the Indo-Nepal border. Guards belonging to the Seema Suraksha Bal arrested Shyam Kumar Shah and Azad Alam with Rs 40,000 in fake Indian Rupee notes in Raxaul on Tuesday.

September 4th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal's former Crown Prince Paras Shah has refuted the Indian media reports that suggest that he is involved in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket. In a press statement, Paras, who was in Singapore recently, has condemned the reports as' false and malicious.' Paras said he was seriously concerned about these fictitious reports that were published in Indian media against him, which was 'spreading illusions inside the minds of Nepali people.

September 3rd, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal's self-exiled former crown prince Paras, who returned home from Singapore this week, has rejected reports in the Indian media alleging a nexus between him and Pakistan-based terror mastermind Dawood Ibrahim. The 38-year-old, according to the Republica daily, issued a brief statement late Wednesday, condemning the media reports as "false and malicious".

September 2nd, 2009 KATMANDU/DELHI - Nepal Government officials on Wednesday said they cannot take any action in the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket against anyone, including former Crown Prince Paras, unless India lodges a formal complaint. Taking note of the FICN issue, sources said the government has said that they will try to do their best to crack down heavily on those involved in this racket, but cannot take any action against unless India lodges a formal complaint against it.

August 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two persons allegedly involved in the printing and distribution of counterfeit notes from Jasola Village near Ashram area of the national capital. Police recovered fake Indian currency notes having a face value of 700,000 rupees from the duo.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Law enforcement agencies seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with the face value of Rs.148 million in 2008 - an amount nearly double of what was recovered in 2007, a senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer said here Friday. According to the official, FICN with the face value of Rs.80 million were recovered all across the country by various state police and other law enforcement agencies in 2007.

July 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bahujan Samaj Party member Brajesh Pathak created a scene in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday when he displayed a currency of Rs 500, which the MP claimed to be 'fake.' Pathak, who was participating in a debate on General Budget, tried to grab the attention of the members by displaying Rs 500 currency and claimed that he got the currency from an ATM in the Parliament Annexe. P. J. Kurian who was, in the Chair of the presiding officer, asked Pathak to table the currency as there is no provisions to display any items in the rule.

July 10th, 2009 2SUD9 Nepal-Crime/Economy Indians losing millions due to Nepal currency ban From Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU - Delhi-bound Anil Kumar Sharma had a traumatic experience in Nepal during his recent visit. The 40-year-old was stopped from boarding his flight at Kathmandu?s Tribhuvan International Airport on June 30 and instead interrogated by Nepal?s Revenue Investigation Department (RID).

July 10th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Delhi-bound Anil Kumar Sharma had a traumatic experience in Nepal during his recent visit. The 40-year-old was stopped from boarding his flight at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport June 30 and instead interrogated by Nepal's Revenue Investigation Department (RID).

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police said they have cracked a fake currency racket with the arrest of a young woman in possession of counterfeit currency with the nominal value of Rs.18 lakh (Rs.1.8 million). A special cell in north-east Delhi arrested 24-year-old Rizwana March 14 after a probe into a specific tip off about her alleged involvement, police officials said.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police said they have cracked a fake currency racket with the arrest of a young woman in possession of counterfeit currency with the nominal value of Rs.18 lakhs (Rs.1.8 million). A special cell in north-east Delhi arrested 24-year-old Rizwana March 14 after a probe into a specific tip off abour her alleged involvement, police officials said.