A 30-year-old Indian man was arrested and a local minor boy apprehended for carrying Rs 35.44 lakh in Nepali currency notes during a routine checking drive in Nepalgunj, the police said on Thursday.
Ravish Pathak, a resident of Rupaidiha in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested Wednesday evening from Pasang Lhamu Highway of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan city for carrying a total cash of Rs 35.44 lakh, according to the Central Police News Room.
Pathak was riding the motorcycle while the 12-year-old boy, a local resident, was riding pillion when they were stopped by the police.
They were unable to disclose the source of such huge amount of the money, which was hidden in a blanket, their pants, their shoes and their shocks, the police said, adding an investigation has begun.
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