Yunus Ansari, who was recently released from Nakhu Prison, has been detained again for five more days on charges of money laundering. He was found guilty in a fake Indian currency case and had served six years before being freed on Saturday evening.
Soon after his release, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested him again. The Nepal Rastra Bank’s financial investigation unit alerted the police about suspicious transactions involving millions of rupees with no clear source, linked to Ansari.
Yunus was initially arrested on May 23, 2019, along with five others at Tribhuvan International Airport. Authorities seized fake Indian currency worth 77.6 million rupees. Among those arrested were three Pakistani nationals who had traveled from Karachi to Nepal via Qatar.
Ansari, along with Subal Khan from Rautahat and Rana Bhat from Bhaktapur, was involved in picking up these Pakistani citizens. He was sentenced to six years in prison, fined 60,000 rupees, and ordered to pay 1,300 rupees as compensation.
After completing his sentence and being released, Ansari failed to clarify the source of the questionable transactions. Police warn that if he cannot prove the legitimacy of the funds, he may face imprisonment again. The investigation is ongoing, and the CIB is closely monitoring the case.
