Surat police seize Rs 76 lakh in Rs 2,000 notes from car in Sachin GIDC area, 4 detained

A brand new Rs 2000 currency note. (Source: Express Photo by Arul Horizon)

Surat police on Friday seized currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination worth Rs 76 lakh from a car in Sachin GIDC area detaining four persons, two of whom belong to Nasik and one is a fashion designer. Acting on specific inputs, Sachin police staff maintained watch near Classic Complex in Sachin GIDC area early Friday morning and intercepted a car with a nameplate number MH-15-EP-4455 under suspicion and questioned its passengers.

Inside the car boot, 38 bundles of new currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination were found. When the passengers were questioned they failed to give satisfactory answers, and they were taken to the police station. Police took custody of the currency and intimated Surat Income Tax department officials to carry out further probe. Those travelling in the car are identified as Girish Patel, a resident of Valsad and a farmer, Rajkumar Singh, a businessman residing in Nasik, Arun Kashinath Amutar, also from Nasik and Dipti Patel, a resident of Chikhli in Navsari district and a fashion designer by profession.

Police sources said the cash was brought from Nasik and it was likely to be delivered to a person in Sachin GIDC area. Sachin GIDC police had intimated Income Tax department officials to assist and interrogate all the four people. On Thursday, the Tapi police had seized Rs 13 lakh (Rs 10 lakh in demonetised notes), from person travelling in an SUV claiming to be employess of Bharatiya Micro Credit, a firm that has partnered with the central government to execute livelihood schemes.