Personnel at Government Railway Police (GRP) Station in Mugalsarai arrested two persons from Duronto Express train on Friday night and seized over Rs 2 crores from them.
During quizzing, the arrested identified as Balbir Singh of Barhaj (Deoria) and Vikram Singh of Shree Ganganagar (Rajasthan), revealed that they were employees of a mining company Mahadev Enclave Enterprises. They claimed that they were asked by company officials to take the cash to New Delhi to deposit it in a bank.
On Saturday morning, GRP officials said that the arrested along with seized currencies have been handed over to Income Tax department for further investigation.
As per reports, a team of GTP, Mughalsarai station found a bag containing the cash under berth numbers 5 and 6 in A-1 coach of Delhi-bound Duronto Express train.
All currency notes were in the denomination of Rs 2000 and Rs 500. The IT department was also looking into the case. The police said that as the arrested failed to provide any authority letter regarding carrying of huge cash, hence a case was registered and both were sent to jail.