The Crossbill Team
As many as 4 crores in cash were seized at Tambaram railway station from the Nellai Express train in Chennai on Saturday (April 6) from three passengers linked with Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency candidate Nainar Nagenthran.
This happens to be the single largest seizure of unaccounted cash in Tamil Nadu after the Model Code of Conduct came into force.
According to the police sources, the three men who had around eight bags boarded the train in Egmore. After getting the information, the police and flying squad on duty in Tambaram hurried to the Tambaram railway station at around 9 pm.
The money has been confiscated to the Income Tax Department, which will now carry out further investigating, to ascertain whether the passengers carried the cash to distribute in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency ahead of Lok Sabha elections scheduled in seven phases beginning on April 19.
One of three people, named Sathish, is an active member of BJP and also holds the position of manager of a private hotel. He was accompanied by his brother Naveen and another car driver. All three people have been arrested.
This happens to be the single largest seizure of unaccounted cash in Tamil Nadu after the Model Code of Conduct came into force.
According to the police sources, the three men who had around eight bags boarded the train in Egmore. After getting the information, the police and flying squad on duty in Tambaram hurried to the Tambaram railway station at around 9 pm.
The money has been confiscated to the Income Tax Department, which will now carry out further investigating, to ascertain whether the passengers carried the cash to distribute in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency ahead of Lok Sabha elections scheduled in seven phases beginning on April 19.
One of three people, named Sathish, is an active member of BJP and also holds the position of manager of a private hotel. He was accompanied by his brother Naveen and another car driver. All three people have been arrested.
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