A special police team from Bara arrested Kusawaha from Kalaiya Bazar of in the district. Police said Kusawaha was arrested on the charge of being involved in smuggling of counterfeit Indian currency notes worth IRs 3.5 million from Yunus Ansari’s Lalitpur-based residence on January 25. Also arrested in the case were a Pakistani national Muashud Alam and Yunus’ close aides, Dinesh Ale and Soyal Khan.

A police source requesting anonymity said one of the arrested mentioned the name of Kusawaha in the fake currency racket.

Yunus, the son of former minister Salim Miya Ansari, had been arrested for the second time on the charge of running fake Indian currency notes racket.

Superintendent of Police Ishwor Babu Karki of Bara confirmed Kusawaha’s arrest. He said further investigations are under way.