The Kasara police seized Rs2 crore cash on Wednesday amid the model code of conduct in force in Maharashtra since October 15 for the November 20 assembly polls, an official said.
The cash was seized in the morning from the car’s two occupants on Mumbai-Nasik located Kasara ghat, Shahapur taluka, near Chintamani police chowki, during a police nakabandi, the official added. “A probe into the source of the cash and other details is underway,” said another official. The police alerted the income tax department to conduct a further investigation into the matter.
Last week, the Pune Rural police seized Rs5 crore cash when a car travelling towards Satara was intercepted during nakabandi. A search led to the seizure of the money from the vehicle’s four occupants. The money is being counted by police and district election officials. The unaccounted cash was seized in the evening from a car near Khed-Shivapur plaza on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway during a police nakabandi, the official added.
