Ghaziabad, Mar 25: Two Haryana policemen, Sanjeev and Naresh, looted Rs 1.25 crore cash from a businessman here on March 14, and the incident was kept under wraps by Ghaziabad police to facilitate probe.

SSP Ghaziabad Nitin Tiwari today displayed Rs 70 lakh cash seized from Chandrawati, the mother of one of the policemen Sanjeev.

The policeman's mother and the businessman R K Sharma's driver Ravi have been arrested.

Both the policemen are absconding.

According to Tiwari, on March 14, the two policemen, in connivance with the driver, used their service SLR (self-loading rifle) to loot the cash from the businessman's house in Ghaziabad's posh RDC locality.

When Ghaziabad police interrogated Ravi, it came to light that his brother-in-law was a constable in Haryana Police. Police carried out raid at constable Sanjiv's house and found Rs 70 lakhs stashed by his mother.

The hunt is on for the remaining cash and the two absconding constables.