KOLKATA: Days ahead of the civic election, cops arrested a youth and seized a bag containing currency notes worth Rs 1 crore from a youth while was walking along the pavement of Park Street on Tuesday morning.
The joint operation was conducted by Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) and Park Street police station around 8.30am. According to police, they had a tip off about a man moving with a large amount of cash and that his movement was suspicious.
“A team of officers intercepted the man and found the cash with him. Despite repeated questions, he couldn’t give a proper reply to the source of the money or where he was taking it and was subsequently arrested and the money was seized,” said a senior officer of Kolkata police.
Police identified the man as Pritam Pal (27), a resident of Maheshtala. He was produced before Bankshall court in central Kolkata and was remanded to police custody. Cops also alerted the Income Tax Department about the seizure.
Cops said they suspect the money was being transported from one place to another illegally, possibly over Hawala. Cops said they are further probing if the cash was to be used in the upcoming civic elections due on December 19.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tamaghna-stf-rs-1-cr/articleshow/88285656.cms
