Chikkamagaluru: Police seized Rs. 46 lakh in new notes of Rs. 2,000, from three people on Friday, December 2.
The three accused have been identified as Kiran H.L, a resident of Kuvempu Nagar in Hassan, Kumar of Hemavati Nagar in Hassan, and Arun Kumar of Shantigrama village in Hassan taluk. Kiran is a cloth merchant, Kumar a goldsmith, and Arun Kumar a driver.
On credible information, the Chikkamagaluru District Crime Investigation Bureau police stopped a car in Jayanagar and found the cash and a counting machine. The accused had no documents to show the source of the money. Hence, the police seized the cash and car. Chikkamagaluru SP K. Annamalai informed that the cash and the accused have been handed over to the I-T authorities.
