Belagavi, Mar 15 (DHNS): Does the Rs 3.07 crore in cash seized from a habitual offender in Sangli, Maharashtra, belong to a Karnataka politician?
Mohiddin Abubakar Mulla was arrested with Rs 1.25 lakh of unaccounted cash on Saturday after the police found his movement suspicious.
According to the police, he didn’t provide a “satisfactory” explanation about the source of money. When interrogated further, he told the police about Rs 3.07 crore in cash stacked at his home in Bethlehem Nagar, Miraj.
The Sangli police’s Local Crime Branch searched the house and found the money in notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination in four bags. Mulla told the interrogators that the cash belonged to a politician in Karnataka.
He said he had learnt that the cash was being taken by a car from Miraj to Chikodi on March 9. He started tailing the car. In Chikodi town, he saw the car parked by roadside and managed to steal the cash.
Stunning revelations
Mulla’s revelation stunned the police but they were not ready to believe his story.
They arrived in Chikodi on Sunday and checked if any police complaint was made about money being stolen. But there was no such complaint and the police returned.
Chikodi was abuzz with speculation that the cash belonged to a politician from Karnataka and that the town was merely a transit point.