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Rs 1 crore cash seized in Asansol, two arrested

Two persons, one of whom claimed he was a personal assistant of West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, were arrested from Asansol railway station onMonday, following the seizure of unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 1 crore from their possession, railway police sources said.

PTI Edited by: PTI Kolkata Published on: May 13, 2019 17:45 IST
Rs 1 crore in cash seized in Asansol, two arrested

Rs 1 crore in cash seized in Asansol, two arrested

 

Two persons, one of whom claimed he was a personal assistant of West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, were arrested from Asansol railway station on

Monday, following the seizure of unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 1 crore from their possession, railway police sources said.

Gautam Chattopadhyaya and Lakshmikant Shaw wereintercepted by the railway police at Asansol station, when,they were trying to board a train to Kolkata, they said.

Chattopadhyay, after his arrest, said he worked as anassistant to Ghosh.

"They were carrying a huge bag with them and weremoving suspiciously at Asansol station when the officersspotted them.

 When we searched the bag, we found cash amounting to Rs 1 crore," they said.

During interrogation, both admitted that they weretaking the cash to Kolkata, the sources added.

A couple of days ago, the state police had seized overRs 1 lakh from BJP's Ghatal candidate and former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh's vehicle. 

Disclaimer: This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Associated Press (AP) wire.
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