Rs one crore seized from SUV in Patna, 3 arrested

Three person were arrested and cash worth Rs one crore was seized from a SUV they were travelling in Patna today, police said.

Police intercepted a Scorpio on busy Bailey road. The three persons in the vehicle said the cash belonged to a security agency but could not furnish relevant papers following which they were arrested, SSP Manu Maharaj told PTI.

Meanwhile, IT department of Bihar and Jharkhand, which has launched a crackdown on black money and unaccounted cash in current Parliamentary elections, has started a probe in the matter.

The IT department, so far, has seized over Rs 90 lakh unaccounted cash in Bihar and Rs 24 lakh in Ranchi.