The seizure comes amid ongoing action by the I-T department in the city over the last few days.
The Income Tax (I-T) department and police have seized 52 kg of gold bars worth Rs 40 crore and cash over Rs 11 crore from an abandoned SUV car in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, bringing under the spotlight an alleged nexus involving politicians, government officers, and real estate entities.
According to the probe officials, they received a tip-off on Thursday night, and the vehicle was standing unclaimed on Kushalpura Road with bags kept inside, a news agency PTI reported.
The car was found on the city’s outskirts in the Mendori forest. A group of 100 policemen and 30 police vehicles surrounded the car, not to let it go but to search it. Inside, no one was found; just two bags full of gold and bundles of cash were found.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Priyanka Shukla said, “A person informed Ratibad police station that an Innova Crysta had been standing unclaimed on the Kushalpura road for a long time and that about seven to eight bags were inside the vehicle, following which a police team reached the spot.”
She said someone has been suspected of having done this, leaving the bags of gold and cash amid the active action of some departments in the city within the last few days.
“We informed the I-T department, and they broke the SUV’s windows and seized 52 kg gold bars and a huge amount of cash from it,” she said. This total amount was valued at Rs 52 crore.
She said the SUV’s registration number was MP-07 and belonged to Chandan Singh Gaur, a native of Gwalior who had lived in Bhopal for four years.
Speaking on the development, Director General Income Tax (Investigation) Satish K Goyal said, “Acting upon a tip-off that some abandoned car was parked in a forest area, I-T officers searched the vehicle, and they managed to recover 52kg gold bars worth Rs40 crore and more than Rs11 crore cash from there”.The seizure comes amid ongoing action by the I-T department in the city over the last few days.
The Income Tax (I-T) department and police have seized 52 kg of gold bars worth Rs 40 crore and cash over Rs 11 crore from an abandoned SUV car in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, bringing under the spotlight an alleged nexus involving politicians, government officers, and real estate entities.
According to the probe officials, they received a tip-off on Thursday night, and the vehicle was standing unclaimed on Kushalpura Road with bags kept inside, a news agency PTI reported.
The car was found on the city’s outskirts in the Mendori forest. A group of 100 policemen and 30 police vehicles surrounded the car, not to let it go but to search it. Inside, no one was found; just two bags full of gold and bundles of cash were found.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Priyanka Shukla said, “A person informed Ratibad police station that an Innova Crysta had been standing unclaimed on the Kushalpura road for a long time and that about seven to eight bags were inside the vehicle, following which a police team reached the spot.”
She said someone has been suspected of having done this, leaving the bags of gold and cash amid the active action of some departments in the city within the last few days.
“We informed the I-T department, and they broke the SUV’s windows and seized 52 kg gold bars and a huge amount of cash from it,” she said. This total amount was valued at Rs 52 crore.
She said the SUV’s registration number was MP-07 and belonged to Chandan Singh Gaur, a native of Gwalior who had lived in Bhopal for four years.
Speaking on the development, Director General Income Tax (Investigation) Satish K Goyal said, “Acting upon a tip-off that some abandoned car was parked in a forest area, I-T officers searched the vehicle, and they managed to recover 52kg gold bars worth Rs40 crore and more than Rs11 crore cash from there”.
