₹5-cr banned notes seized, 7 held

GURGAON: The crime branch of Gurgaon police seized ₹5 crore in old currency notes from a house in Sector 15 from seven persons. The seven were arrested. Acting on a tipoff, the crime branch formed a team, which kept a track of the suspects for last 15 days, and ultimately caught them on Thursday along with the demonetised currency.

“There was specific intelligence that few men from Delhi and other states were engaged in storing and moving demo net is ed cash in Gurgaon. Our team patiently waited for the accused to bring in the banned notes and caught them red-handed,” Sumit Kuhar, DCP (crime), said.

The notes were stuffed in plastic boxes and were in the de nominations of ₹500 and ₹1,000. Currency notes of both these de nominations had been banned by the Union government on November 8 last year.

A team of crime branch officials from Palam Vihar, led by in spector Sajjan Singh Dalal, ASI Murari and head constables Kul- deep, Vika sand Vi nod conducted the raid at a house in Sector 15 and caught the men with the money.

Police sources said that the accused are connected to the real estate sector and had interstate connections. The money that was seized in G ur ga on had come from Jaipur, and the crime branch had received the tip- off around 15 days earlier, but it had been waiting for the right time to conduct the search.

Around ₹6 crore more in old notes has been moved by the couriers, the sources added.