Nepal ex-minister’s son held in fake currency, drugs racket

KATHMANDU - The son of a former Nepal minister, alleged to have had links with the underworld in India and Pakistan, has been arrested in Kathmandu for running a racket in fake Indian currency and drugs, police said here Sunday.

Yunus Ansari, son of former forest minister Salim Ansari, who supported deposed king Gyanendra, was caught with two Pakistani accomplices and his bodyguard, police said.