Cash amounting to Rs 12 lakh was seized from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legistative Assembly (MLA) Usha Vidyarthi’s car in Patna, Bihar, according to media reports.

The MLA herself was not present in the car near Gandhi Maidan in the capital city of Bihar.

The police is now questioning her staff members of the MLA from Paliganj constituency.

Polls will be held in Patna on October 23. It will be in the third phase of the five phase election.