A suspected Naxal supporter has been arrested with Rs 6.20 lakh in 2000 denomination in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on ♈Thursday.
Senior Naxal leaders had handed 𒁃over the cash to him for depositing in various banks, said an official.
Ma🃏hesh Badse (24), a resident of Murdanda Komathguda village, was apprehended near a fuel station in Awapalli police station area on Wednesday, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Pꦦolice Chandrakant Gavarna said.
He was💛 on his way to a bank in Awapalli on a motorcycle to deposit the cash, he said.
The Reserve Bank of India recently withdrew the Rs 2000 ꦏcurrency note from circulation.
Badse allegedly told police that one Mahesh Mungel ꩵhad received Rs 9 lakh in Rs 2000 notes from `Shankar', comma❀nder of the Basaguda Local Organisation Squad of Naxals, and Nendra Revolutionary People's Council president Hadma Kuhrami.
The money was to be deposited in various banks and later withdrawn (in the form of valid currency notes), t𒐪he ASP said.
Badse deposited Rs 1.8 lakh in a priv🧸ate bank three days ago while Rs 1 lakh♎ were spent in miscellaneous expenditure.
The balance Rs 6.20 lakh and some Maoist pamph🐠lets were recovered from his possession and he was booked under the Ch♔hattisgarh Special Public Security Act, the official said.
- With PTI Input
