Patna/Motihari, Bihar: Over Rs one crore of unaccounted money and foreign currency was seized by the administration in Bihar as the campaign to enforce the Model Code of Conduct for elections intensified in various parts of the election bound state.
The police seized Rs 1.1 crore from a Scorpio vehicle at Damodarpur village under Mehsi police station in East Champaran district, after it was stopped for checking late this evening between Motihari and Muzaffarpur districts on National Highway-28, said a senior official.
Five persons on board the vehicle have been taken into custody and were questioned. The Income Tax department and other officials have been alerted about the recovery of the cash.
Officials also said that a man was arrested in Madhubani district with 67,00 Nepali currency, 196 Qatar, 10,000 Indonesian currency along with currencies of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and Malaysia. The man held with the foreign currencies in Dewdha police station of Madhubani district, has been identified as Mohammad Salim, a resident of Dhanusha district of Nepal.
According to officials, 11 weapons and 70 cartridges have been seized and total 868 non-bailable warrants have been executed so far.
The police seized Rs 1.1 crore from a Scorpio vehicle at Damodarpur village under Mehsi police station in East Champaran district, after it was stopped for checking late this evening between Motihari and Muzaffarpur districts on National Highway-28, said a senior official.
Five persons on board the vehicle have been taken into custody and were questioned. The Income Tax department and other officials have been alerted about the recovery of the cash.
Officials also said that a man was arrested in Madhubani district with 67,00 Nepali currency, 196 Qatar, 10,000 Indonesian currency along with currencies of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and Malaysia. The man held with the foreign currencies in Dewdha police station of Madhubani district, has been identified as Mohammad Salim, a resident of Dhanusha district of Nepal.
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According to officials, 11 weapons and 70 cartridges have been seized and total 868 non-bailable warrants have been executed so far.
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