High-level committee to probe TIA currency seizure

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: Police on Monday formed a three-member high-level committee under AIG Bhisma Prasai to probe seizure of currencies in an airplane at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).



Chief of Central Investigation Bureau Upendra Kant Aryal and DIG Dinkar Shumsher Rana are the members of the committee.[break]



The committee has been assigned a week to uncover the incident.



Police had arrested Indian national Binod Kumar Soni with nine different foreign currencies totaling Rs 12.4 million on board a Fly Dubai plane at TIA..



Police on Saturday had formed a probe panel under the leadership of DIG Parshuram Khatri to prepare a report on the incident within one week.



The illegal currencies was seized when a man, Milan KC called the duty officer of TIA claiming that Fly Dubai Aircraft had a bomb which was followed by a police check of the aircraft.



Among the seized currencies were 41,700 euro, 8,560 Swiss francs, 4,910 UK pounds sterling, 56,150 Qatari riyal, 1,84,900 Saudi riyal, 18,500 UAE dirham, 409 Omani riyal, 1,887 Kuwaiti dinar and 405 Bahrain dinar totaling Rs 12.4 million.

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