29 lakh cash seized from car near Morbi, 4 nabbed

Morbi: The Local Crime Branch (LCB) of police in Morbi district of Gujarat has nabbed four people from a car and recovered cash worth around Rs 29 lakh of which almost 12 lakh is in Rs 2000 denomination.

Police today said that based on a tip off a Maruti Alto car was stopped near Luntavadar village on Morbi-Navlakhi road. Rs 29 lakh in cash was found kept on the rear seat of the car of which 600 notes were of Rs 2000 (worth Rs 12 lakh), 160 bundles or 16000 notes were of Rs 100 (worth Rs 16 lakh) and 20 bundles or 2000 notes were of Rs 50 (worth Rs one Lakh).

The LCB sleuths nabbed all the four people sitting in the car including the driver Rasik H Koladara a native of Viramgam currently living in Vadhwan. The other three have been identified as Wasim L Diwan resident Rajkot, Manubhai P Rabari Res- Vadhwan and Bhavhwandas B Dangar resident Ghediya.

They could not give any satisfactory reply about the source and purpose of the cash during primary interrogation. The matter was being investigated. The Income Tax department has been intimated.

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