The Gujarat police arrested two people and seized Rs 75 lakh in cash from a car during a vehicle check in Surat on Wednesday.
As per the police, they have impounded the car and arrested the accused persons, who had Rs 75 lakh in their possession.
This vehicle check by the Election Commission of India and Surat Police was underway amid the security setup for checking for any irregularities or untoward incidents in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections that are slated to be held next month.
Gujarat, which has 182 assembly constituencies, will go to the polls in two phases on 1 and 5 December. The counting of votes will occur on 8 December, which coincides with Himachal Pradesh’s result date.
The Deputy Commissioner of Surat Police, Pinakeen Parmar, said, “We recovered Rs 75 lakhs from a Mumbaibased car while the checking was underway in the wake of elections. These two persons could be arrested with the help of joint efforts of the sleuths of the Election Commission and Surat Police, and the former will now decide how the investigation will take place.”
He further said that the preliminary inquiry found that the recovered money belonged to a political party, and the police had found posters of Congress.
