In one of the major seizure of banned currency post demonetisation, the security forces in Nagaland’s commercial town Dimapur has recovered Rs 3.5 crore in Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denominations on Tuesday.
Police said that based on a tip off, the CISF guarding the Dimapur airport seized the amount from a chartered plane soon after it landed in the airport around 10.07 am on Tuesday. One person, who identified to be a businessman from Hisar, in Haryana was apprehended by the forces for bringing the currencies.
“The Dimapur based officials of the Income Tax department took over the case and they have been probing the origin of the money and whether it has got some legal authentication,” police said adding that later a local businessman of Dimapur claimed the money to be his own.
“A local businessman came and claimed that the money belongs to him. The businessman, who claimed to have business abroad, said that the amount was taken out of the state for investment but had to be brought back post demonetisation. The IT officials are probing the authenticity of his statements,” police said.