Days after the Enforcement Directorate recovered Rs 50 crore and huge quantities of jewellery and the State Criminal Investigation Department arrested three Jharkhand Congress MLAs with cash worth Rs 49 lakh the Railway Protection Force on Wednesday recovered another Rs 35 lakh from Howrah Station, sources said.
Rajkumar Soni who was carrying the currency notes tried to sneak through the exit gates when the RPF jawans intercepted him. During a search his bags yielded Rs 35 lakh, sources said. “The man had come from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. “He had taken Chambal Express to Howrah and was trying to stealthily go out of the platform when he was caught red handed, “ officials said adding the Income Tax Department was immediately informed about the matter.