52 kg gold, ₹10 cr cash seized from car in biggest MP haul
The New Indian Express Kozhikode|December 21, 2024
AN MUV stuffed with bags containing more than 52 kg gold bullions (bricks) worth over ₹40 crore and around ₹10 crore cash was found parked at a desolate place on the outskirts of Bhopal on Thursday-Friday intervening night.
ANURAAG SINGH @ Bhopal

The discovery of the vehicle at an open area amid a clutch of farmhouses belonging to rich and powerful people and the seizure of the unaccounted gold and cash in Mendori (Ratibad) area assumed significance as it happened during two raids — one by the I-T department at more than four dozen locations of three prominent builders, and another by the Lokayukta Special Police Establishment at two premises linked to a transport department constable-turned-real estate businessman Saurabh Sharma in Bhopal.

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