Rs 7 lakh cash seized from 2 vehicles in Bargarh

BARGARH: Bargarh police on Friday seized Rs 7 lakh cash from two separate vehicles while checking them in view of the upcoming general elections. On Thursday, police seized Rs 10 lakh from a vehcile near Bargarh town.
In the first incident on Friday morning, police seized Rs 6,52,800 cash at Dava Chowk under Jharbandh police station limits. Two persons in the vehicle, Mitrabhanu Sahu and Manoj Sahu of Balangir, have been detained by police.
In the second incident, Padampur police, during vehicle checking at a check post near Gadbhati Chowk in Padampur, intercepted a pick-up van and seized Rs 1,00,500 from the driver.Police detained the driver, Sheikh Rafique.