Police arrest man with Rs 7 million, legal source of which not known

KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu police have arrested a person with approximately Rs 7 million, the legal source of which has not been verified. 

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu and the Metropolitan Police Circle, Durbarmarga, raided a clothing shop at Durbarmarg and arrested its manager Hirosi Khanal in possession of the amounts totaling Rs 6.905 million,  on Saturday evening. 

According to the Superintendent of Police Dinesh Raj Mainali, spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, the amounts- Rs 4.9 million in the denomination of Rs 1,000, 2.05 million in the denomination of Rs 500—were packed in a blue bag. 

The arrestee has been sent to the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, Pulchowk, for further investigations, said the police.