Kushtagi police seize Rs 5.65 lakh at check post

KOPPAL: With the Assembly election fast approaching, increasing cases of money being transported illegally are being reported. The Kushtagi police seized  unaccounted cash of Rs 2.5 lakh at Kyadiguppa checkpost on Saturday.

The police confiscated the money while it was being transported without proper documents in a Mahindra Scorpio car, which was coming from Ilkal towards Kushtagi.

In a separate case, the Deputy Commissioner seized Rs 3.15 lakh, which was carried  without proper documents by two people named Goutham Jain and Jithendra Jain in a scooter.