Gujarat polls: 4 nabbed in Navsari with cash worth over Rs 23 lakhs including foreign currency

Navsari:

In the first major cash recovery after declaration of assembly polls in Gujarat, four people were nabbed with cash worth over Rs 23 lakhs including British Pound worth over Rs three lakhs from a car in Navsari district last night, Police said today.

The matter has also been informed to the static squad of Election Commission and IT department.

PI of Navsari Rural police station B M Parmar today said that the cash including 3650 British Pound worth Rs 3,10,250 and Rs 20 lakhs in Indian currency (total value of Rs 23,10,250) was recovered from a car during routine check at Navsari Supa Checkpost at around 2230 hrs last night.

There were four people in the car coming from Bardoli side and going to Navsari. Its driver has been identified as one Pradip Patel. He and the other three were residents of Navsari. They claimed to be the employees of a firm involved in foreign currency exchange but could not give satisfactory reply about the source of the money especially the pound. They were detained and were interrogated.

Notably, model code of conduct was in force since the announcement of election recently. The election will be held in two phases on December 9 and 14.

Desh Gujarat