Kusang Lama, known as 'Fuchche', who was arrested with Rs 25 crore in illegal foreign currency, is being investigated on the basis of his mobile phone after he did not reveal the source of the money. The Revenue Investigation Department is expecting to find out the secret of the illegal currency by checking the messages on Kusang's mobile phone.
Kusang Lama, who was arrested about money, has been interrogated several times. But after he did not speak, we are proceeding with the investigation according to his mobile phone/message,'' Director General of Revenue Investigation Department, Chandi Prasad Ghimire, said, 'In the first day, money was counted and questioned. He did not talk about the source of the money. The phone calls made and received on his mobile phone reveal something that we are investigating.
The driver of the Nepali who had hidden the false bottom in the top of the cabin where the driver of the truck that went to China was sitting, was arrested in Kusang La, along with dollars and euros worth Rs. 251.9 million.
Although there is no detailed disclosure about the amount, the analysis of the police is that the money is being taken to the Chinese border to bring gold. Kusang had previously spent five years in jail for illegal gold smuggling. He was arrested with 7 kg of gold in the air filter of his Toyota Hilux vehicle bearing No. Ba 8 Ch 7420 on December 13, 2073. He had to stay in jail for five years after he failed to pay the prescribed fine.
Judge Tejendra Sharma Sapkota's bench in Kathmandu District Court on 26th June 2074 gave a verdict of Rs 3 crore 16 lakh 26 thousand rupees and one year imprisonment. Even at that time, no information was received from him about the source of the gold and the person. He told the court that he was only a porter. But it was not found out who sent it or to whom it would be given
