KATHMANDU, June 29: Police on Monday arrested two persons including an Indian national in Kathmandu for their alleged involvement in the illegal Hundi business (money transfer through illegal channels).
Acting on a special tip-off that illegal Hundi business is being run in a fruit market in Kuleshwar, a squad of police from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Kalimati, arrested Rabi Shankar Singh, 25, an Indian national, and Ramesh Singh, 47, a resident of Bara district with more than Rs 6.5 million in cash.
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The police team confiscated Rs 6.3 million from Rabi Shankar Singh, and Rs 208,000 from Ramesh Singh.
According to police, the arrested have been kept in custody and an investigation into the charges against them is underway.
