Police seized cash amounting to Rs 19 lakh from a car during a vehicle inspection drive in the Barpali area of Bargarh district late on Thursday night.
The inspection drive was undertaken in view of the Bijepur by-election to be held on October 21.
Reportedly, the car, from which the cash was seized, belongs to a Chhattisgarh-based businessman. Later, the police took the businessman Parag Agrawal, a resident of Bagbahara in the neighbouring State, to the Barpali police station and questioned him about the source of the huge cash.
Later, the cops released Agrawal along with his vehicle.
However, Income Tax (IT) officials would carry out further investigation in this connection, said sources.