GRP Recovers Huge Consignment of Cash in Guwahati Railway Station

GUWAHATI: A Government Railway Police team recovered a sizeable amount of cash from the Guwahati Railway Station located in Paltan Bazar of the city on the morning of Wednesday. A team working under the Officer In charge of the Government Railway Police, Prasenjit Das, was able to recover Rs 57.50 Lakhs which was being transported by train.

Speaking to Sentinel Digital, Prasenjit Das said, “A trolley bag was recovered from the 12423 Rajdhani Express at around 7 AM. On counting, the total seizure accounted for Rs 57.50 Lakhs. We are now questioning one person in regard to the incident.”

He also informed that the bag was recovered from the possession of one Rishikesh Kumar who is a resident of the state of Jharkhand. The exact source of the funds and the reason why such a huge consignment of cash was being moved like that has not been known yet and an investigation has been initiated regarding the matter.

Guwahati is the biggest city in the Northeastern part of the country and it is slowly growing as a transit point for several illegal activities. These include narcotic substances of different types and currencies, both real and fake. And the Guwahati Railway Station has become one of the key points on the map.

Previously the Railway Protection Force (RPF), during a search operation, seized 27 kg of cannabis at Kamakhya Railway station from a person. The person has been identified as one Nagao Chumi. According to RPF sources, Chumi allegedly brought it from Dimapur and planned to transport it outside Guwahati. Legal action was initiated against him.

Narcotics of various types, fake currencies and a huge consignment of cash recovered on Monday are some of the items that are seized by the authorities. But even after several recoveries and so many suspects being detained, these transports have not come to an end.

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