Assam police today raided a local businessman's house here and seized about Rs 1.55 crore in new Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 currency notes.
Additional Director General of Police (CID) Anil Kumar Jha told PTI that a CID team acting on a tip-off seized the money from the house of Hardie Singh Bedi, who owns a hotel and bar and runs shop rental business in the city.
He said during the operation at the house in Beltola area of the city, the police seized Rs 1,54,81,000 crore cash in new currency notes that were unveiled after demonetisation.
"Out of the total amount, Rs 1,54,06,000 was in Rs 2,000 notes, while the remaining Rs 75,000 was in new Rs 500 notes," Jha said.
The police have handed over the case to income tax department and its deputy commissioner P Borah is carrying out further investigation, the senior police official added.
Meanwhile, the Income Tax Department on Monday seized over Rs 1.50 crore from a cooperative bank here, an official source said.
"Out of this, over Rs 1.30 crore was recovered in the new currency notes, most of which were Rs 2,000 notes," he said.
It is one of the biggest seizures by the IT Department in the state.
The search at the bank was going on and the accounts were being scrutinised when the reports last came in.
"We have also seized gold and jewellery worth lakhs from an anonymous locker," the source added.
(With agncies input)
