Ahmedabad: Amid election season, police in Ahmedabad today fished out scrapped old notes of Rs 500 and 1000 of face value of approximately more than seven lakhs from Sabarmati river in the city.

Police said that base on an information the notes which were made invalid during the demonetization in November 2016, were recovered from the river close to a bridge on Dudheshwar area in the city.

Police said that the notes were wet and have so far been roughly counted and were over Rs 7 lakh in face value.

It was not yet know as to who had thrown it the river.

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