Mandsaur: Over Rs 80 lakh was seized from a car during a drive to check unaccounted cash ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
A car carrying Rs 80 lakh was intercepted by the FST team in Shamgarh check post near a petrol pump. There were three people in the vehicle, the driver could not produce documents regarding the cash, following which it was seized.
During the elections when Model Code of Conduct is in force documents are required for carrying cash more than Rs 50,000. During the interrogation, one of the alleged claimed he was a cashier of the central bank and produced an old ID card which the police could not identify.
The case has been handed over to the Income Tax Department and the investigation is underway.