Yunus Ansari, who was arrested in a money laundering case, has been sent to judicial custody after failing to post bail.
On Monday, the Kathmandu District Court had ordered Ansari's release on a bail of Rs 1.5 million. However, he was sent to prison after he failed to submit the bail amount, said Deepak Kumar Shrestha, the court’s information officer.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police had taken Ansari into custody to investigate him for money laundering offenses when he was released after serving a prison sentence in a counterfeit Indian currency case.
Ansari filed a habeas corpus writ petition at the Patan High Court, arguing that the CIB had arrested him immediately after his release from prison.
However, a bench of Judges Rishi Rajbhandari and Kavi Prasad Neupane dismissed the habeas corpus petition.
In 2019, Ansari was arrested at Tribhuvan International Airport with counterfeit Indian currency worth Rs 76.79 million. He was detained while returning from Qatar with three Pakistani nationals.
They were carrying two briefcases full of counterfeit Indian currency.
Ansari had previously been jailed in a counterfeit currency case.
Police had intensified surveillance on him upon receiving information that he had resumed illegal activities after his release.
Five years ago, Ansari was arrested from Nakkhipot in Lalitpur. He was even shot inside the jail at that time, but sustained only minor injuries.
