BENGALURU: The Directorate General of Income Tax (Karnataka and Goa) seized Rs 2.89 crore in unaccounted cash from a flat here on Wednesday, out of which Rs 2.25cr were in new notes. Tax sleuths were taken aback when an old woman living in the flat let loose her dogs on the raiding team.An official statement said all the new notes seized were in Rs 2,000 notes. A man was detained with officials refusing to disclose any further details."Following a tip-off on December 12 about a large cache of cash stacked in an apartment where an old woman lived with her two dogs, the investigation wing tried to raid the flat on December 13," said an official."But the old woman refused to cooperate. When the officials finally entered the flat with the help of police and neighbours, they found one of the rooms locked."It was found that a man frequented the flat in the early hours every day. He was summoned and the locked room was opened. Cash worth Rs 2.89 crore was recovered from the room," the official added.The man first said that the money belonged to a club in the vicinity. A subsequent raid on the club proved the claim to be false. "Finally, he admitted that the money belonged to him. The entire cash has been seized and a probe in the case is on," the I-T official added.In another case, I-T officials seized Rs 67.98 lakh in new Rs 2,000 notes from Banda in Maharashtra, bordering Goa. The department has not disclosed the identities of those arrested. A team of I-T sleuths, posing as people waiting to exchange the cash in Kera village, intercepted a man on a scooter. "The man was in possession of Rs 67.98 lakh in new Rs 2,000 notes.Officials also arrested a man on whose directions the money was being illegally exchanged.