AHMEDABAD: When the Kendriya Vidyalaya School in the ONGC campus in Chandkheda undertook a cleanliness drive on Saturday, they found Rs 1 crore in cash and 21 gold bars worth Rs 59 lakh. Chandkheda police confiscated the cash and valuables and started a search for the owner.

Police said the school staff, on a drive under the Swachch Bharat mission , came across lockers that had not been opened since some time. Since the lookers were filthy, the staff decided to open and clean them.

Mahendra Bagariya, deputy commissioner of police, Sector II, confirmed one of the lockers contained a briefcase with Rs 1 crore in cash and a purse with 21 gold bars of 100g each. A shocked principal, Avdhesh Baijnath Prasad, informed the police.

The police have informed the income-tax department about the find.