An amount of Rs 1.6 lakh was seized from a vehicle in Bokaro thermal on Monday amid restrictions imposed under the model code of conduct for the upcoming assembly elections, said Inspector-cum-Officer in Charge Umesh Kumar Thakur.
A Pickup van bearing a Jharkhand registration number,(JH-10BL-1146) was intercepted near Govindpur Check post, on Bokaro thermal- Narki Road, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Bokaro thermal police station, around 1am on Monday during a routine check,” said the officer. The driver of the vehicle, Riyaz Ansari of Pannk Naranpur was detained and later handed over to the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department (Investigation Wing) for further investigation.The Officer said that as a part of stepped up vigil in view of the coming Bermo assembly elections, the police has set up a check post near Govindpur village in BokaroThermal.
He informed that the vehicle occupants could not produce proper documents and failed to give convincing answers to queries of the police, following which he has detained.
Inspector cum Officer in Charge alongwith PSI Mithun Mandal, Sudhanshu Srivastava Sukul Kumar and SST took part in raids.