Police have arrested eight individuals, including two Indian nationals, from Madhuwani near the Nepal-India border for their alleged involvement in printing counterfeit currency notes.

The Indian nationals, identified as 49-year-old Rajiv Thakur and 40-year-old Subodh Kumar from Bihar, were among those apprehended.

The other suspects include 25-year-old Saugat Thapa Magar of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu, 47-year-old Bijay Lama from ward 6 of Kageshwari Manohara Municipality in Kathmandu, 32-year-old Janardhan Singh of Sarlahi, and 37-year-old Vishal Rai of Rautahat. Additionally, 33-year-old Sanjay Rana Magar from ward 1 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City and 37-year-old Amir Khatri from ward 5 of Changunarayan Municipality in Bhaktapur were also taken into custody, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Deepak Shrestha of the District Police Office, Sarlahi.

The arrests followed a tip-off about counterfeit notes being produced in a house in Madhuwani village. During the operation, police seized 14 bundles of paper cut to the size of one-thousand-rupee notes, eight litres of various coloured chemicals, Nepali rupees 95,805, ten mobile phones, two vehicles with Indian number plates, and a jeep with a Nepali number plate, DSP Shrestha said. The area has previously seen arrests related to counterfeit currency activities.