Police arrested four persons in possession of counterfeit Nepali currency notes worth Rs 294, 000 from Nayabazaar area of KMC-16.

Three detainees have been identified as Prithvi Prasad Sah (28), Mohammad Samsad Alam (28) of Gaur Municipality-12 of Rautahat, Mohammad Musarraf Ali (27) and Asaraf Ali (30) of Rajpur Municipality-3 of Rautahat.

All the banknotes are in denomination of Rs 1, 000.

Police said that they are looking into the case.