Poll-bound States: Airport witnesses huge cash movements

New Delhi: With elections in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur over and due in Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Goa, movement of huge amount of cash, to and fro from the election-bound States, is rife at the Delhi Airport.
Security agencies speculate the rampant cash movement has an association with the ongoing and upcoming polls in various States.
Normally, fliers don’t carry cash in huge amount; however, in the last one month, over a crore of rupees in cash has been spotted with passengers.
One such incident came into recently on February 3. According to CISF officials, on February 3, a passenger travelling on the Go Airlines flight number G8 175 was found carrying Rs 10 lakh in cash in his luggage.
On January 14, a passenger named Laxman Das, travelling on a Spicejet flight from Varanasi to Delhi tried to play mischief by informing the security personnel that he is travelling with cash worth Rs 11 lakh.
“.. Another passenger, travelling on a Kingfisher flight to Goa, was found with a huge amount of money. When screened, his baggage was found to be containing Rs 26 lakh in cash. He was later taken for interrogation by the chief Income Tax Commissioner,” concluded the CISF official.
11/02/12 Pragya Singh/Daily Pioneer

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