Police said investigations into the incident are on.
It rained cash from the sixth floor of a building in Kolkata's central business district on Wednesday afternoon. The bizarre shower took place around the time officials of the Department of Revenue Intelligence were searching a private office on that floor.
Currency notes of Rs. 2,000, Rs. 500 and Rs. 100 were seen being pushed out of a window on the floor with a broom. Stunned people on the streets scrambled to get their hands on some of the notes.
Revenue Intelligence sources told news agency PTI that its officials had gone to search the office of a private company engaged in export-imports activities, following allegations of evading duty.
#WATCH Bundles of currency notes were thrown from a building at Bentinck Street in Kolkata during a search at office of Hoque Merchantile Pvt Ltd by DRI officials earlier today. pic.twitter.com/m5PLEqzVwS
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2019
The police say it can't still be said for certain that the cash and the raids were related.
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