[New Delhi] Delhi Police Recovered Rs 3.25 Crores From Reputed Hotel In Karol Bagh
Delhi Police raided a hotel in Karol Bagh here and recovered Rs 3.25 crore in demonetised notes from five persons,
As per Ravindra Yadav (IPS)Joint Commissionerof Police,Crime,
The Crime Branch conducted a joint raid with Income Tax officials late last night at Taksh Inn in Karol Bagh and found five persons in two rooms of the hotel carrying a total amount of Rs 3.25 crore,
The five men are carriers and have been identified as
Ansari Abuzar,
Fazal Khan,
Ansari Affan,
Ladu Ram and
Mahaveer Singh,
It was found during interrogation that the money belongs to some Mumbai-based hawala operators,
Yadav Said “They had hired packaging specialists who pack these notes in such a manner that they are even undetectable by airport scanning machines. Experts in packaging are using some tapes and wires which pass through X-ray,”
The Income Tax department has seized the cash and is analysing the mobile phone details of these people since their phones contain details of lot of other hawala operators,.In this joint operation, demonetized currency notes in the denomination of Rs.500/- and Rs. 1000/-are recovered