Mangaluru: Rs 7.95 lakh cash without documents seized from car
Mangaluru, Apr 2: Ullal police here intercepted a car in which a person from Kerala was carrying Rs 7.95 lakh cash without proper documents, police sources said.
The cash was found with Suresh, a resident of neighbouring Kasaragod district. The money was found when the police were checking vehicles at Talapady border point between Kerala and Karnataka on Saturday ahead of the Assembly elections.
The custody of the cash and the car were handed over to the Election Commission officer for investigation.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Suresh, who is a fabricator by profession, was bringing the cash to buy materials from Mangaluru. A case will be registered if the cash is found to have any link with the elections, sources said.
In another incident, Bantwal rural police seized a lorry laden with rice without proper documents from Farangipet in the district on Friday night. The lorry was intercepted during routine vehicle checks, police sources said.
The police confiscated 300 bags of rice, each weighing 50 kg, totalling 15,000 kg and worth Rs 6 lakh from the accused. In addition, the lorry worth Rs 7 lakh was also taken into custody, sources said.
Dakshina Kannada district police have intensified checks on vehicles coming from other districts and the neighbouring Kerala to prevent the flow of cash and freebies ahead of the Assembly elections in the State on May 10.
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NIA registers case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said.
The move came following a directive by the Union Home Ministry in this regard, they said.
In pursuance to the home ministry's order, the anti-terror agency on Sunday registered a case, which was originally filed at Uttar Kashi police station, Bhangar division, Kolkata on Saturday, and took up the investigation, an NIA spokesperson said in a late night statement.
"The case pertains to recovery of 79 crude bombs and other incriminating materials by Kolkata police, which were being stored at a spot, thereby endangering human life and property," the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had directed the West Bengal Police to launch a special drive to arrest those involved in illegal manufacturing of crude bombs in the poll-bound state, an official said.
It asserted that all cases related to the making of any such explosive would be probed by the National Investigation Agency, the official said.
The directive came after the police recovered a large number of crude bombs from the house of a person, allegedly a TMC worker, at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, days ahead of the second and final phase of the assembly polls in the state.
The explosives were recovered during a search at the residence of Rafikul Islam following specific inputs, the official said.
The poll panel also issued a warning to senior police officers across the state over any lapse in maintaining law and order before the April 29 polling.
The first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
A record 93.19 per cent turnout has been recorded in the first round of polling. Bhangar will vote in the second phase.
