In two separate incidents, cash of Rs 25 lakh each have been seized by the police from Ranchi and Hazaribagh, while it was being carried with an intention to manage the black money by depositing it in a bank and distributing it among the bearer’s relatives respectively.
In Hazaribagh, a businessman, carrying Rs 25 lakh cash in a bag, was arrested near bus stand on Friday. According to police, the person has been identified as Ajay Jain who was coming from Gaya in Bihar to Hazaribagh to manage the black money he had earned from various sources.
“One persons has been arrested along with a cash of Rs 24,99,000 near the bus state who calls himself a textile entrepreneur and had come with an intention to manage the amount by distributing it to his relatives living in Hazaribagh,” said Hazaribagh SP Bhimsen Tuti.
The patrolling team spotted the youth carrying an air bag doing some suspicious activities and asked for his identity. In the beginning, he said that he was Ajay Jain from Gaya and has been carrying his clothes in the bag.
“When he was asked to open the bag he said that there were Rs 2 lakh in it. The patrolling team took him to Sadar Police Station and found a total of Rs 24,99,000 in the bag,” said the SP. The I-T officials were immediately called in from Ranchi who has been carrying out further interrogation regarding the source of the cash, said the SP.
Ranchi Police also arrested a petrol pump owner Nand Kishore, along with three others from Bero PS areas when they trying to deposit cash of Rs 25 lakh to a bank all in the denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. The police alleged that that money belonged to PlFI Supremo Dinesh Gope who was trying to make his black money, obtained through levy, into white through him.
“On a tip-off that PlFI supremo Dinesh Gope was trying to deposit the black money being carried in a Tata Safari vehicle JH01Y2898, a team was formed headed by DSP Bero Ajit Kumar Singh, which raided the Bero branch of SBI and arrested four persons,” said the SSP.
Kishore, during interrogation, admitted that the PlFI supremo had promised to pay commission for the same. He was supposed to deposit the money in his account in the name of petrol and diesel sale, said the police.
Other arrested include son-in-law Binod Kumar (52), his son Mohan Kumar (25), and Chandrasekhar Kumar, the actual owner of the petrol pump.
Meanwhile, a special team has been formed by Ranchi police to keep an eye on suspicious transactions for which help from I-T department was also being taken. “We are keeping tabs on such transactions and our networks have been activated to keep close watch on such transactions,” said the SSP.