Haryana police on Thursday seized Rs 5 crore in high value demonetized currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from seven persons in Sector-15 area, Gurugram.
A police spokesman said that the accused have been identified as Rajiv, Satish, Sandeep, Rajesh all resident sof Delhi, Dinesh, resident of Nainital, Amit, resident of Gurugram, and Parveen, resident of Rohtak.
He said police had got secret information that notes of old currency in huge quantity were kept illegally in Sector-15 area. If raided promptly, the notes along with the accused may be recovered.
Acting swiftly, the police team raided and nabbed the seven persons along with the old currency. They had kept the notes in plastic boxes. On interrogation, they could not give a satisfactory reply to the police about the possession of the currency. "Action is being taken as per the law against all the accused," the spokesman added.