Away from all guilt Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala made confessions during an interview on Kantipur TV in which he revealed that he manufactured fake currency in 1970’s during his political exile to India.
He admitted doing so with the help of a Bengali to support his party which ran short of money during that period.
Adding more fizz to his confession he divulged that he was involved in gold smuggling and even hijacked a Nepal Airline’s Plane.
Disclosing that he manufactured fake currency with the consent of his elder brother B P Koirala, the renowned Socialist evoked several questions on the mind of viewers.
He testifies, “Once I was told by my brother to test as to whether the people recognize the fake currency or not. Thus we drove in a car. My brother stopped the car at a Gasoline station. He gave me 200 Rupees. The Petrol pump owner received the money and filled the tank”.
Besides this he admitted to have hired experts to make counterfeit notes and that the currency were so indistinguishable that even B P Koirala could not examined the differences.
“One day I was told by an Indian friend that if I could unload the Gold loaded in a car? The car was in Bombay. Looking at the Gold box, I was gripped by greed and thought that what if I could carry the bullion to Benaras and claim single right on it,” he added.
Koirala in his interview claimed that the hijack of Nepal Airline’s plane, R N Rao Chief of RAW helped him in hijacking the plane. He with other congressman hijacked the plane and took possessions of 3.2 million Nepali currencies meant for Rashtra Bank in Kathmandu.
It is reported that a court case is still pending in Bihar against the alleged hijacking.
Reacting to the alleged confession, Sekhar Koirala, nephew of Prime Minister has shielded his uncle saying that every incident should be seen in the context of that period when Congress was in exile.
Now its Indian Government chance to react in this matter or file a writ petition in Supreme Court of India against Koirala for printing and using fake currencies in India.
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