Kolkata Cops Arrest 4 After Rs 8 Crore Cash Was Found In Car, Box Beds

Kolkata:

The three bothers from whose dwelling crores in money was recovered in West Bengal on Saturday midnight have been immediately arrested by the Kolkata Police together with an affiliate, after being on the run briefly. They have been picked up by the police from Gujarat and Odisha.

Sailesh Pandey, Arvind Pandey, Rohit Pandey, and considered one of their associates, have been arrested by the Kolkata Police after round Rs 8 crore have been recovered from residences belonging to 2 brothers in Howrah, a satellite tv for pc metropolis of state capital Kolkata.

All of the 4 accused will likely be produced in a courtroom this afternoon.

Round Rs 2 crore in money was recovered from considered one of their vehicles parked outdoors their residence in West Bengal’s Howrah district, police mentioned. 

Authorities officers had entered the flat and located extra money in field beds within the residences. Sailesh Pandey and Arvind Pandey, who’re businessmen, had flats within the upscale housing complicated in Shibpur space.

The members of the family of the businessmen weren’t current on the time of the raid, police mentioned.

In line with the Kolkata Police, the search operation was carried out after two banks alerted the Kolkata Police on October 14 about transactions of giant quantities by the 2 businessmen who had accounts within the banks. 

A case was registered at Hare Road Police Station and the Anti-Financial institution Fraud Part of the detective division of the Kolkata Police began the investigation. A lookout discover was additionally issued by the Kolkata Police towards the brothers, whose whereabouts have been then unknown. Two financial institution accounts linked to them with massive quantities of cash are additionally being examined.

BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya had slammed the state authorities, claiming {that a} small part of individuals has “amassed large wealth, ill-gotten cash with the assist of the TMC”.

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen responded by saying that such seizures have been an indicator that the state police have been on the path of illegally stashed cash.