ED seizes Rs20.20m cash in Chandigarh
chandigarh — The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday seized Rs20.20 million from the premises of a cloth trader and few other locations here as part of its operation to check hawala trade in the wake of demonetisation.
On a tip off about illegal currency being stashed, officials said the sleuths of the agency swooped down on the premises of the cloth trader and other locations here.
They said while the total seizure is of about Rs20.20 million, Rs1.8 million is in new notes, Rs5.2 million is in Rs100 notes, while the rest is in old denomination notes.
Chandigarh’s deputy superintendent of police (central) Ram Gopal said: “A team led by ED’s deputy director Gurnam Singh swooped down on the house of Inderpal Mahajan at sector 22 here and recovered illegal cash in a huge amount”.
“A total cash of Rs219,35,500 has been seized from Inderpal Mahajan by the team of ED at around 1am,” Gopal said.
“Rs10.5 million was in demonetised currency while Rs69,35,500 was in new currency during the seizure,” the DSP said. — PTI mumbai — Over Rs700 million in cash, in both old and new notes, and more than 170kg gold have been seized from passengers at various airports of the country after demonetisation, DirectorGeneral of CISF O.P. Singh said here on Wednesday.
“We have seized more than Rs700 million of cash. More than 170kg of gold has been attended to since the demonetisation, at various airports across the country,” Singh told a press conference here.
Asked if the cash seized consisted of the new currency notes, he said: “They were a mix of both, but mostly new notes.”
The seizures were made as CISF has a commitment to the country and has to realise dreams of the government, he added.
The seizures were made by various agencies after the CISF provided them tip-offs about the passengers carrying cash and gold.
“We don’t detain any person by ourselves. Whenever we see a person carrying enormous amount of cash, we check them and inform it to relevant departments,” the DG said. — PTI