Rs.1.55 crore seized from businessman in Assam

In Assam, police today raided a local businessman's house in Guwahati 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 a bussinessman who owns a hotel and bar an 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 1,54,06,000 crore of Rs 2,000 notes and Rs 75,000 in new Rs 500 notes.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.