Simariya police of Chatra district has seized new currencies of amount 7.40 lakhs from four persons of Hazaribagh. Officer in charge of Simariya PS Doman Rajak said that we have informed the income tax department for further investigation and interrogation of four persons taken into custody is going on.
According to our Simariya sources Sinariya police got information that some persons are coming to a line hotel situated at Birhu, which is hardly 15kms away from Hazaribagh town with huge amount. According to OIC Doman Rajak as per their information the persons were arriving to handover the levy amount to some banned ultra group but the persons taken into custody are saying that they have arrived here to exchange new currencies with old ones on 50% commission.As per information Simariya police formed a team comprising SI KK Chaudhary and Surendra Kumar Singh. The team members reached near the line hotel before the arrival of the culprits. After sometime four persons, two in a Bolero and two on bikes arrived at the line hotel and started talking and waiting for some others.
After being confirm the police team captured those four persons who were identified as Nandkishor Mehta, Sanjay Mehta, Jeetendra Mehta and Mukesh all residents of Ichak block of Hazaribagh. The team recovered Rs 3 lakh from Nandkishor Mehta, Rs 2,80,000 from Sanjay Mehta and Rs 1,50,000 from Jeetendra Mehta and Rs 10,000 from Mukesh Mehta. Most of the seized currencies were of new Rs 2,000 denomination and Rs 20,000 is of denomination of Rs 100.
It is the first big seizer of new currencies from the nearby area of Hazaribagh. Earlier new currencies of Rs 1.67 lakhs was recovered from the house of BAO of Ichak block who was arrested by the ACB team taking bribe from a mukhiya some days ago.