Rag picker finds Rs 16 lakh in demonetised currency
Hyderabad: On Thursday, at around
10 am, while collecting waste near the Vajpayee Nagar railway gate in
Neredmet, a 58-year-old rag picker came across a heavy white opaque
plastic bag containing Rs 16 lakh in demonetised currency notes.
Startled by the sudden discovery and fearful of its likely
consequences, the rag picker Chanda Gangubai, the wife of late Chanda
Singh, approached the cops and handed over the plastic bag to them.
Gangubai, a resident of Vajpayee Nagar herself, usually collects
wastes from the area to make a living. “The currency notes were
found in a white plastic bag and were in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000
denominations of banned currency notes. They were old notes and not
newly printed,” said SI Srinivas Rao of Neredmet. Although there
are no CCTV
cameras in that area police officials are enquiring with
locals for clues regarding the bag owner.“There is a CCTV camera near the rail track but it does not cover the area where the stash was found. We are checking if anything suspicious was seen by anyone,” added the SI.
Police booked a case under Section 102 (Power of police officer to seize certain property) of CrPC and Section 7 of the Cessation of Liabilities Act and launched an investigation.
Ref:http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/crime/280717/hyderabad-rag-picker-finds-rs16-lakh-in-demonetised-currency.html
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