Rs 51 lakh seized from a car in Ranchi

Ranchi: A joint team of the CBI and the local police have seized cash worth nearly Rs  51  lakh from a car under Namkum Police Station area of the state capital. Police have caught the car owner who has been identified as Niranjan Prasad who is the suspended mining officer of Lohardaga district along with two women who were also in the car.

    
CBI inspector Srikant  Jha said that a secret tip-off had been received that money was being brought to Ranchi to influence the voters in a car after which with the help of the Namkum police the vehicle search drive was launched.

He said that during the checking drive a yellow color ‘Nano’ car was apprehended and upon searching the vehicle cash worth Rs    50,91,800 was recovered. Polling in Ranchi is scheduled in the 5th phase on May while campaigning will come to an end on Saturday.