An officer said they could not produce supporting documents to claim the money. . (Representational Photo) An officer said they could not produce supporting documents to claim the money. . (Representational Photo)

KARNATAKA POLICE seized Rs 74.5 lakh of unaccounted money — all in legitimate currency, and much of the amounts in new Rs 2,000 banknotes — in four separate cases since Friday night. The police have referred all the cases to the Income-Tax Department for further probe.

In Madikeri district, Suntikoppa police took three people into custody and seized Rs 34.4 lakh cash in Rs 2,000 denominations from a resort near Shanivara Sante. The police detained the trio — identified as a planter named Anantha Kumar and his associates, Jameel and Sridhar.

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An officer said they could not produce supporting documents to claim the money. “We informed I-T officials, who came to Suntikoppa police station on Saturday to question the suspects to find out the source of money and to know how they managed to lay their hands on such huge amount of money in new currency,” the officer said.

In another incident, two Andhra Pradesh-based businessmen were detained by Hebbal police in north Bengaluru on Friday night. Rs 18 lakh in unaccounted cash was seized from them. The detained businessmen have been identified as Mohan and Sridhar.

A senior officer said the two were carrying Rs 10 lakh in Rs 2,000 notes and the remaining amount in Rs 100 and Rs 50 denominations.

In a similar incident, Mahadevapura police in east Bengaluru nabbed a man identified as Shanmugha, a native of Puttaparti in Andhra Pradesh, and seized Rs 12.1 lakh.

Chikkanayakanahalli police in Tumkur district also nabbed a businessman, identified as Balaraj, from Magadi, and seized Rs 10 lakh on Friday night.

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