Cash Seized In Bihar

Five people were arrested after Rs 93.83 lakh in cash was allegedly found in their vehicle in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said on Monday.

The Vigilance department on Saturday raided the residence of RWD executive engineer Sanjay Kumar Rai in Bihar's Kishanganj and recovered crores of unaccounted cash.

A huge amount of cash has been seized from the home of a drugs inspector in Bihar's Patna. Officials of the vigilance department who raided the home of drugs inspector Jitendra Kumar took several hours to count the currency notes.

The police seized Rs 5 lakh cash, documents relating to transactions worth over Rs one crore, fake passports, Aadhaar and voter ID cards and other documents from five Afghan nationals who were arrested from Katihar district, an official of the force said on Wednesday.

The Income Tax Department has seized cash and bullion worth Rs 2.4 crore after it raided two government contractors in poll-bound Bihar, the Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT) said on Wednesday.

Cash and suspected illegal inducements for voters such as liquor seized in poll-bound Bihar have been valued at over Rs 35 crore, a figure much more than what was impounded by surveillance teams during the last assembly polls in 2015, according to the latest Election Commission data.

Security forces are continuing with their onslaught against Maoists and have seized more than Rs 1.43 crore cash, 20 acres of land, several buildings in Bihar and Jharkhand and two flats in Kolkata bought by Maoist leaders through their ill-gotten money, officials said on Tuesday.

Unaccounted cash worth Rs 6.85 crore besides 2.45 lakh litres of illicit country-made and foreign liquor worth Rs 4.37 crore were seized from different places in Bihar ahead of the third phase Assembly poll.

Big seizures of cash, liquor and drugs have been affected during the first two phases of the Bihar assembly elections, with Rs 15.99 in cash and 130 litres of liquor being confiscated on Saturday alone, an official report said today.

More than Rs 17 crore in cash, over 800 kg of ganja, one lakh litre of liquor and over 8 kg of gold have been seized by authorities in poll-bound Bihar so far as part of Election Commission's drive to curb attempts to influence voters.

Almost 17 crore in cash has been seized in election season in Bihar, where polling will be held in five phases starting next Monday. Authorities have also seized more than 1.5 lakh litres of liquor. Cash and liquor are commonly used in elections to influence voters.

Over Rs 50 lakh in cash was seized by the police in the last 24 hours in Bihar which will go to elections this month.

Over Rs.7 crore in cash was recovered from vehicles on Wednesday in Bihar's Saran and Siwan districts during routine checking in the poll-bound state, police said.

In continuing operations to enforce the Model Code of Conduct, more than Rs 10.5 lakh unaccounted cash and 3,112 litres of illegal liquor were seized from different parts of the state today.

With elections in Bihar just a month away, Rs 12.5 lakh in cash was seized from the car of a BJP lawmaker in Patna today.

Five people were arrested after Rs 93.83 lakh in cash was allegedly found in their vehicle in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said on Monday.

The Vigilance department on Saturday raided the residence of RWD executive engineer Sanjay Kumar Rai in Bihar's Kishanganj and recovered crores of unaccounted cash.

A huge amount of cash has been seized from the home of a drugs inspector in Bihar's Patna. Officials of the vigilance department who raided the home of drugs inspector Jitendra Kumar took several hours to count the currency notes.

The police seized Rs 5 lakh cash, documents relating to transactions worth over Rs one crore, fake passports, Aadhaar and voter ID cards and other documents from five Afghan nationals who were arrested from Katihar district, an official of the force said on Wednesday.

The Income Tax Department has seized cash and bullion worth Rs 2.4 crore after it raided two government contractors in poll-bound Bihar, the Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT) said on Wednesday.

Cash and suspected illegal inducements for voters such as liquor seized in poll-bound Bihar have been valued at over Rs 35 crore, a figure much more than what was impounded by surveillance teams during the last assembly polls in 2015, according to the latest Election Commission data.

Security forces are continuing with their onslaught against Maoists and have seized more than Rs 1.43 crore cash, 20 acres of land, several buildings in Bihar and Jharkhand and two flats in Kolkata bought by Maoist leaders through their ill-gotten money, officials said on Tuesday.

Unaccounted cash worth Rs 6.85 crore besides 2.45 lakh litres of illicit country-made and foreign liquor worth Rs 4.37 crore were seized from different places in Bihar ahead of the third phase Assembly poll.

Big seizures of cash, liquor and drugs have been affected during the first two phases of the Bihar assembly elections, with Rs 15.99 in cash and 130 litres of liquor being confiscated on Saturday alone, an official report said today.

More than Rs 17 crore in cash, over 800 kg of ganja, one lakh litre of liquor and over 8 kg of gold have been seized by authorities in poll-bound Bihar so far as part of Election Commission's drive to curb attempts to influence voters.

Almost 17 crore in cash has been seized in election season in Bihar, where polling will be held in five phases starting next Monday. Authorities have also seized more than 1.5 lakh litres of liquor. Cash and liquor are commonly used in elections to influence voters.

Over Rs 50 lakh in cash was seized by the police in the last 24 hours in Bihar which will go to elections this month.

Over Rs.7 crore in cash was recovered from vehicles on Wednesday in Bihar's Saran and Siwan districts during routine checking in the poll-bound state, police said.

In continuing operations to enforce the Model Code of Conduct, more than Rs 10.5 lakh unaccounted cash and 3,112 litres of illegal liquor were seized from different parts of the state today.

With elections in Bihar just a month away, Rs 12.5 lakh in cash was seized from the car of a BJP lawmaker in Patna today.