Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (MS)
Kasargod, Jun 1: The excise officials seized Rs 80 lac cash that was being transported to Kerala in a KSRTC bus and arrested the man who was carrying the huge cash. The incident took place on Friday, May 31.
Mayur Bharat Deshmukh (23), a native of Maharashtra, is the person who was arrested in this case.
In the operation that was carried out by the personnel of Badiyakda excise squad, Bharat was found with Rs 80 lac in cash that was stuffed in the pockets of his pant, shirt and jacket. The matter came to light when the officials were conducting search operations in the said bus.
The bus was coming from Bengaluru and was moving to Kasargod. Mayur said that a person from Bengaluru gave that money to be delivered to a person named Sachin Kedar In Kozhikode. He had delivered Rs 80 lac a month before also to a jewellery shop in Kasargod.
A case in this regard stands registered against Mayur.