New Delhi. The Income Tax Department has taken a major action in Madhya Pradesh. 52 kg gold and Rs 15 crore in cash have been recovered from a car parked in the forest in Bhopal. The Innova car in which gold and cash were found had RTO plate. This car is registered in the name of Chandan Singh Gaur, resident of Gwalior. The car owner will be questioned in this regard. A team of more than 100 policemen was involved in this action of the Income Tax Department. This raid of the Income Tax Department is part of the joint action of the Lokayukta and the Income Tax Department that has been going on for the last two days in Bhopal and Indore.
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: Income Tax Department seized 52 kg of gold and ₹15 crore in cash from a car near Mendori forests. This was part of raids targeting a construction company across 51 locations in Bhopal and Indore, involving 100 police officers during a two-day Lokayukta… pic.twitter.com/opHmhRNC56
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In this regard, according to India News, Bhopal Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Virendra Singh says that a raid was conducted on Thursday morning at the house of former Madhya Pradesh Transport Department constable Saurabh Sharma in the posh Arera Colony here. In this raid, cash worth Rs 2.85 crore and documents of property worth more than Rs 3 crore were found. Gold and silver were also recovered. Saurabh Sharma could not be traced. Now cash and gold have been found in the forest in a car which has RTO plates. Possibly it may have a connection with Saurabh Sharma.
Saurabh Sharma had taken VRS from his job about a year ago. Let us tell you that two days ago the Income Tax Department had raided 51 locations of a construction company in Bhopal and Indore. Since then this action is continuing continuously. On the other hand, DCP Priyanka Shukla said that the people of Mendori village informed the police late in the night that a car was standing abandoned. In which 6-7 bags are kept. When the police team reached there, everyone was stunned to see gold and cash in the bags kept in the car.