Two arrested for carrying huge amount of cash in Kolkata

Posted on 15th Mar 2014 05:30 am by admin

Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) Two people were nabbed here Saturday for carrying large amount of cash without the required documents, said an Election Commission official.

One of the two carrying Rs 11.14 lakh in person was arrested from the Burrabazar area under Posta police station. The other person was found to be carrying Rs 8.91 lakh in cash in an area under the Jorasanko police station.

"None of them could provide any legal documents on why they were carrying the cash. As this constitutes a violation of the Model Code of Conduct, they have been arrested," the official said.

Meanwhile, the polling time in the first phase of the election for Darjeeling, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar Lok Sabha seats have been extended by an hour enable more voters to cast their franchise.

Polling in these constituencies will start at 7 a.m. instead and continue upto 6 p.m. Earlier, it was supposed to end at 5 p.m.

Other news

China's silence on the situation in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Beijing is withdrawing from giving loans?

For the past few years, the US has accused China of making developing countries more dependent on

AAP accused of getting funds from bogus companies (Intro Roundup)

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A breakaway group of the AAP Monday accused the party of receiving dona

Woman donates body to AIIMS for research

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A 67-year-old woman has become one of the oldest cadaver donors at th

Mahek Chahal now Sets Sight on Dance Shows

Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Actress Mahek Chahal, who was voted out in a mid-week eviction from the &

Punjab Election 2022: AAP started televoting - told the public, select the face of your CM candidate yourself

Punjab Assembly Election 2022: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has asked people to tell their favorite cand

Ranchi 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook the land of Jamshedpur, people ran out of homes

Ranchi: Earth shook in the morning of Friday (June 5, 2020) in Jharkhand. Earthquake tremors were

First black woman judge in US Supreme Court: ketanji Brown sworn in; The Justice whose clerk was there, will now sit in her place.

Ketonji Brown Jackson has become the first black female judge of the US Supreme Court. He took th

Rahul Says BJP is not doing that what they were supposed to do

Manipur: Violence is not stopping in Manipur, three people of Meitei community died in Bishnupur, many kuki houses were burnt

In the northeastern state of Manipur, the process of violence between caste conflicts is not taki

Winds, rain damage more crops in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) As if the fury of recent rains in February and earlier March was no