Surat, Dec 14: A Pakistani national has been arrested in Gujarat’s Surat city with banned, fake Rs 500 notes worth Rs 50,000, a report by NDTV stated. The report also mentioned that a Pakistani passport has been seized from the accused, Buhrauddin Vora. As per report by PTI, the accused was named Burhanuddin Sajjad (45), who was reported to be a resident of Mumbai. The report further mentioned that Burhanuddin came under suspicion of Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawans when he was loitering on platform No-1 of Surat railway station. Also Read - AR Rahman Gets Legal Notice From Madras Court in Income Tax Case

Police Sub Inspector with Government Railway Police(GRP), Surat, M R Malek was quoted by PTI saying, “After his arrival at Surat railway station, Sajjad’s movements raised suspicion among RPF. When RPF jawans checked, these notes turned out to be the copies of old Rs 500 note. We have arrested Sajjad after he was handed over to us”. Also Read - ICICI-Videocon Case: Chanda Kochhar’s Husband Deepak Kochhar Arrested by ED Over Money Laundering Allegations

The Income Tax Department on Wednesday gave a brief account of all the unaccounted money that has been seized post demonitisation. As per tweets by ANI, a total of Rs 1000 crores unaccounted income from 36 cases has been recovered by the IT department. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has also seized over Rs 70 crore in cash and more than 170 kg gold from passengers at various airports of the country. Also Read - Sushant Singh Rajput Was Planning a Biopic on Sourav Ganguly, Reveals His Business Partner Varun Mathur to ED

To curb the menace of black money, the Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate have been carrying out raids all across the country post demonetization. To keep a check on account holders, who deposited huge amounts at once, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out massive raids in 50 branches of 10 banks across the nation .

Earlier today, five were detained after the Income Tax department and Crime Branch, in a joint operation seized Rs 3.25 crore in old notes from a hotel in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area on Wednesday. In Karnataka & Goa, Rs 29.86 crores in cash, 41.6 Kg of Bullion and 14 Kg of jewellery have been seized since 9th November 2016.