Election officials seize unaccounted cash of Rs 10 lakh near CM’s house

BENGALURU: Officials on election duty seized unaccounted cash of Rs 10 lakh from a Mercedez Benz car at a checkpost near Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s house in R T Nagar on Thursday night.

The police have detained two people,Mohammed Sharif and Mohammed Yusuf, who claimed to be traders. The cash was found in their car while checking vehicles.

The car in which cash was being transported.

In a separate case, the election officials seized wine worth Rs 8.8 lakh near Jas Toll plaza checkpost on Tumakuru Road and soft drinks worth Rs 5 lakh which was being transported illegally near Mahadevpura.