04-03-2009, 06:45 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Itâs raining currency notes in Andhra</b>
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Omer Farooq | Hyderabad
Police seize Rs 5 cr apparently meant for elections
Crisp currency notes are raining everywhere in Andhra Pradesh. Police is stumbling upon wads of currency notes wherever they lay their hands on during the search operations. In less than a week, <b>the authorities have seized over Rs 5 crore in cash from different places, which is unaccounted. While Rs 1.12 crore and 21 kg of silver was seized on Wednesday, the police have seized on an average Rs 1.36 crore a day earlier from different places, including Mahbubnagar and Warangal districts.</b>
<b>The biggest seizure on Wednesday was made in Nalgonda where an amount of Rs 41 lakh and 21 kg of silver was recovered from two cars as the occupants could not explain about the possession of such a big amount in cash</b>. The police said it arrested ten persons in connection with these seizures.
What has created a ripple in the State is that in one such recovery of cash, <b>Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddyâs son-in-law and evangelist Anil Kumar was also found involved. The police recovered Rs 10 lakh from three pastors from a hotel in Karimnagar where Anil Kumar was also present.</b>
According to police officials, unaccounted money has been found from the supporters of different political parties. The police have launched massive operations of putting up check-posts and searching vehicles. Over 400 such check-posts have been put in place across the State where vehicles were being searched to prevent illegal flow of money and liquor and smuggling of explosives and weapons ahead of elections.
An amount of Rs 1.85 lakh was recovered from a vehicle in Kollapur district and four supporters of Congress candidate J Krishna Rao were arrested. In a similar search operation in Medak city, Rs 2.5 lakh in cash was recovered from the dickey of a car belonging to a close friend of Congress candidate Shashidhar Reddy. Ravulapalem police in East Godavari district recovered and seized cash of Rs 89 lakh. The police also banned a bank manager who was taking Rs 36 lakh in cash from Palakole to Rajahmundry in East Godavari. He could not give any satisfactory explanation as to why he was transferring the money from one place to another. Rs 7.12 lakh was seized from a person on Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam bus. Rs 15 lakh and a gun were seized in Khammam district and Rs 6.8 lakh in Nizamabad district. On Wednesday, the police seized cash of Rs 2.90 lakh in Shadnagar from the supporters of PRP candidate Bhushes of Wanaparthy constituency.
Earlier, the police had seized Rs 10 lakh from the vehicles of former Minister and PRP leader T Sitaram in East Godavari district.
The recovery of Rs 10.40 lakh from three pastors and the presence of Anil Kumar has taken a curious turn as the police inspector in Karimnagar Ganpath Jadhav returned the money to the pastors after they claimed it had nothing to do with elections and the money was brought for their religious work.
Anil Kumar also strongly denied that the money had anything to do with elections and said that it was locally collected to conduct a religious meeting.
This is second time Anil Kumar is finding himself in such a situation. Earlier, the opposition parties had alleged that he was involved in distribution of money to the voters in Khammam district. It was alleged by the opposition that he was taking suitcases full of money in his helicopters to different places for election purposes.
Taking note of the suspicion that even helicopters could be used for transport of wads of currency notes, the DGP has ordered the police officials to keep a close watch on every helicopter used by the VIPs during the election campaign and also search the vehicles and the baggage of such VIPs. âNot a single person should be exempted from the searchâ, he said, suggesting that even the Chief Minister and other top politicians will not be spared in search operations.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Indian Election is true stimulus package for India.
pioneer.com
Omer Farooq | Hyderabad
Police seize Rs 5 cr apparently meant for elections
Crisp currency notes are raining everywhere in Andhra Pradesh. Police is stumbling upon wads of currency notes wherever they lay their hands on during the search operations. In less than a week, <b>the authorities have seized over Rs 5 crore in cash from different places, which is unaccounted. While Rs 1.12 crore and 21 kg of silver was seized on Wednesday, the police have seized on an average Rs 1.36 crore a day earlier from different places, including Mahbubnagar and Warangal districts.</b>
<b>The biggest seizure on Wednesday was made in Nalgonda where an amount of Rs 41 lakh and 21 kg of silver was recovered from two cars as the occupants could not explain about the possession of such a big amount in cash</b>. The police said it arrested ten persons in connection with these seizures.
What has created a ripple in the State is that in one such recovery of cash, <b>Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddyâs son-in-law and evangelist Anil Kumar was also found involved. The police recovered Rs 10 lakh from three pastors from a hotel in Karimnagar where Anil Kumar was also present.</b>
According to police officials, unaccounted money has been found from the supporters of different political parties. The police have launched massive operations of putting up check-posts and searching vehicles. Over 400 such check-posts have been put in place across the State where vehicles were being searched to prevent illegal flow of money and liquor and smuggling of explosives and weapons ahead of elections.
An amount of Rs 1.85 lakh was recovered from a vehicle in Kollapur district and four supporters of Congress candidate J Krishna Rao were arrested. In a similar search operation in Medak city, Rs 2.5 lakh in cash was recovered from the dickey of a car belonging to a close friend of Congress candidate Shashidhar Reddy. Ravulapalem police in East Godavari district recovered and seized cash of Rs 89 lakh. The police also banned a bank manager who was taking Rs 36 lakh in cash from Palakole to Rajahmundry in East Godavari. He could not give any satisfactory explanation as to why he was transferring the money from one place to another. Rs 7.12 lakh was seized from a person on Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam bus. Rs 15 lakh and a gun were seized in Khammam district and Rs 6.8 lakh in Nizamabad district. On Wednesday, the police seized cash of Rs 2.90 lakh in Shadnagar from the supporters of PRP candidate Bhushes of Wanaparthy constituency.
Earlier, the police had seized Rs 10 lakh from the vehicles of former Minister and PRP leader T Sitaram in East Godavari district.
The recovery of Rs 10.40 lakh from three pastors and the presence of Anil Kumar has taken a curious turn as the police inspector in Karimnagar Ganpath Jadhav returned the money to the pastors after they claimed it had nothing to do with elections and the money was brought for their religious work.
Anil Kumar also strongly denied that the money had anything to do with elections and said that it was locally collected to conduct a religious meeting.
This is second time Anil Kumar is finding himself in such a situation. Earlier, the opposition parties had alleged that he was involved in distribution of money to the voters in Khammam district. It was alleged by the opposition that he was taking suitcases full of money in his helicopters to different places for election purposes.
Taking note of the suspicion that even helicopters could be used for transport of wads of currency notes, the DGP has ordered the police officials to keep a close watch on every helicopter used by the VIPs during the election campaign and also search the vehicles and the baggage of such VIPs. âNot a single person should be exempted from the searchâ, he said, suggesting that even the Chief Minister and other top politicians will not be spared in search operations.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Indian Election is true stimulus package for India.