3 held with Rs 1.40 crore in new currency in Mumbai

December 16, 2016 22:23

Mumbai Police has detained three persons for possession of Rs 1 crore 40 lakh in new currency notes near suburban Andheri.

The police said the Income Tax Department has been informed. An enquiry is underway.

Yesterday, a car with Rs 10 crore in new notes was seized in Mumbai's Tilak Nagar area.

Meanwhile in Midnapore, West Bengal, police today seized Rs 8 lakh in Rs 2,000 currency notes near Debra and arrested two men in this connection.

We intercepted Purna Sankar Ganguly's car and seized Rs 8 lakh which were in Rs 2,000 currency notes. He allegedly had exchanged it with Rs 10 lakh demonetised notes, they said.

Ganguly was returning from Debra to Midnapore after exchanging the notes from someone who took Rs 2 lakh as commission.

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