The State Information Bureau (SIB) on Thursday seized cash amounting to Rs 90 lakh from two persons who were going to deposit the money in Devendra Nagar branch of Bank of India (BOI).
The two were arrested from the bank while they were trying to submit the cash that was in the denomination of Rs 1000 and Rs 500, Special Director General (SDG) Naxal operations, DM Awasthi told newspersons.
“Police questioned them about the source of money however they could not give satisfactory reply so the money was seized and officers from Income Tax Department were informed,” the SDG said while adding that two persons were also held for questioning.