Some Indian newspapers, on Monday, quoted two Nepalis arrested with fake notes at Bhopal railway station in Madhya Pradesh state of India, as claiming that ex-prince Shah was behind the racket. They also alleged his involvement with the Pakistani intelligence, the ISI, and Mumbai underworld don, Dawood Ibrahim, who has been wanted by the Interpol since 1993 Bombay terror blast.
A press release issued by Shah late Wednesday said that the Indian media has “once again” targeted him with "false and malicious" intention and the news against him are directed to spread "illusion in the minds of the Nepalis."
Stating that he is seriously concerned over the news, Shah said that news were "imaginary and fictitious." It is, he further said in the release, just an instance of "well-orchestrated and condemnable propaganda directed against the sovereign people of Nepal from a foreign land."
Shah refuted the allegations claiming that he has been dragged into controversy taking an advantage of the current political fluidity in the country even though he has been leading a "responsible and dutiful" life as an ordinary Nepali citizen.
He also said that he is convinced that the state will protect the rights of all the Nepalis, including him, when such "ill-intended defaming allegations" are directed against the Nepali citizens living ordinary lives in Nepal and abroad.
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