Nepal arrests Yunus Ansari: Kingpin of Fake Indian Currency Notes – Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Kingpin of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) Yunus Ansari along with three Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Kathmandu in what can be described as a major crackdown on the network of FICN in Nepal.

Six people, including three Pakistani nationals, were arrested from the Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu. They had arrived at Kathmandu from Qatar carrying counterfeit Indian notes of the denomination of 2000.

India has been pressing Nepal to take action against Yunus accusing him as a kingpin of FICN network.

The arrested Pakistani nationals are Muhammad Akhtar (passport number: AA134594 and tracking number: 10332025612), Nadia Anwar ( passport number: CN1812032 and tracking number: 10341769589) and Nasir Uddin (passport number: AR2406432 and tracking number: 10301689178).

Yunus Ansari who was at the airport to receive his accomplices arriving from Qatar was also arrested. Two locals Sahel Khan (Yunus’ relative) and Sujana Ranabhat (Yunus’ driver) were also arrested.

Ansari, who was released from jail few months back, had served a jail sentence for his involvement in illegal banknote transactions. While three of those arrested were coming from Qatar, three others were at the airport to receive them.

Son of former minister Salim Miya Ansari, Yunus has been dealing with counterfeit Indian currency notes for more than two decades. Yunus has been running a racket of fake Indian currency notes from Nepal as a part of anti-Indian activities of ISI.

Earlier, he had served jail term twice after being convicted in counterfeit currency notes cases.

Yunus was arrested on January 2, 2009, with counterfeit Indian currency notes from the Tripureshwor-based Blue Bird Hotel. He was again arrested along with his two accomplices with fake Indian currency notes on February 2, 2014.

He was shot at by a contract killer on March 10, 2011, while he was serving a jail term at the Central Jail after being convicted in counterfeit notes and drugs cases.