Andhra Polls: Police Seize Rs 8.36 Crore At Inter-State Check-Post

Police seized the money, which is one of the largest single cash seizures in the run-up to 2024 polls, at Andhra Pradesh and Telangana inter-state check-post at Garikapadu vill🌟age while checking vehicles.

PTI

Updated on: 9 May 2024 3:30 pm

The cash was seized from cabin behind the driver's seat in the truck coming from Hyderabad and bound for Guntur Photo: File representative image

Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday seized Rs 8.36 crore from a truck carrying PVC pipes at an inter-sta﷽te check-post in NTR district.

Police seized the money, which is one o𝐆f the largest single cash seizures in the run-up to 2024 polls, at Andhra Pradesh and Telangana inter-state check-post at Garikapadu vil𓆉lage while checking vehicles.

"We seized Rs 8.36 crore cash hidden in a cabin behind the driver's sea🦂t in the truck coming from Hyderabad and bound for Guntur," a police official 💜told PTI.

According to police, the truck belonging to Chit🧔toor district is registered under the namಞe of one Shaik Aziz.

Meanwhile, poli🌜ce are q🐽uestioning the truck driver, Ch Shanmugan (40), and cleaner, P Sekhar Reddy (24), for further information.

After submitting the cash to the treasury departme🍨nt, police have registered a case under CrPC Sectiꩲons 41 and 102, the police official added.

Simultaneous elections for the 25 Lok Sabha seats and 175 Assembly🤪 constituencies in the southern state will be held on May 13 and the results will be d🅷eclared on June 4.