IT Officials arrest three for transporting unaccounted Rs 71 lakh new Currency Notes
Karkala: Mangaluru income tax department officials and Karkala Police arrested three persons and seized Rs 71 lakh cash of Rs 2000 denomination currency notes at Bailuru here on Friday, December 2.
The arrested have been identified as Deepak, Imran, Asif residents of Kudroli, Mangaluru.
According to sources, three persons were transporting Rs 71 lakh cash of Rs 2000 denomination currency notes in a Ford Fiesta car (KA 19 MA 7639) from Mangaluru to Karkala without any documents. On a tip-off, IT officers stopped the car near Bailuru for inspection and found Rs 71 lakh cash of Rs 2000 denomination currency notes.
The income tax officials arrested all the three persons and seized unaccounted cash from their possession.
Along with IT officials, Karkala Circle Inspector Joy Antony, Karkala Rural PSI Rafeeq and other police officials also joined in the operation.
This is not possible without the connivance of bank staff. When there are restrictions on exchange/withdrawal , how is it these people got the new notes?
Is it not an insult to the statements made by PM/FM lauding the services of bank staff during the hard days of demonetisation?
There are some unscrupulous staff in the banks whose actions create hardship to many a common persons.
Such staff need punishments comparable with black money hoarders.