Rs 9.5 lakh in scrapped currency notes seized

Alwar police have seized Rs 9.5 lakh in scrapped currency notes from a car tonight.

One Manish Bajaj was transporting Rs 9.5 lakh, in demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes from Uttar Pradesh in a car. It was seized during checking, Alwar Superintendent of Police Rahul Prakash said.

The currency notes have been handed over to the income tax department for further probe, he said.