INDORE: Police on Friday seized Rs 4 crore in old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominations from a car during a regular search of vehicles in Shahpur area of Burhanpur district. The currency notes were found packed in a car moving from Maharashtra on Burhanpur-Ichhapur highway at a check post erected to search vehicles in view of the coming assembly bypolls in Nepanagar constituency, Burhanpur superintendent of police Anil Singh Kushwah told TOI.“The money does not seem to be intended for misuse in the elections. The man arrested was from Malkapur town of Buldhana district of Maharashtra and does not seem to be connected with electioneering,” he said. The police have detained one Shabbir Hussain for transporting Rs 4 crore in old high value currency notes and were in the process of interrogating him. Police suspect that Hussain was moving towards Indore – the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh – where he intended to dispose of the money. The Shahpur police have informed the income tax department about the seizure. The voting for Nepanagar assembly bypoll is scheduled to be held on November 19.