Tax official arrested with Rs. 2.6 million from Nepalgunj Airport

Kathmandu: A government official has been arrested along with Rs. 2.6 million without a verified source in his possession from Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district today.

He is Khagendra Sapkota working at the Inland Revenue Office at Tulsipur, Dang. District Police Office Banke’s spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent Narayan Dangi said the amount the source of which could not be traced was confiscated from the bag Sapkota was carrying, in the course of carrying out a security check at the Nepalgunj airport.

However, Deepak Poudel who was together with Sapkota and worked in the same office where Sapkota works is absconding, DSP Dangi said.

Sapkota was flying to Kathmandu from a Shree Airlines flight along with the amount. He has been taken into custody at the District Police Office for further investigation.

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