Police suspect the cash to be hawala money and have alerted the Enforcement Directorate and the I-T department
COIMBATORE: The highway robbery has taken a new turn with police unearthing Rs 90 lakh from the secret compartments in the car that was found abandoned on the outskirts of the city a day after an unidentified gang had taken it away from the Kerala-based realtor in the early hours of Friday.
Police suspect the cash to be hawala money and have alerted the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department.
District superintendent of police Ara Arularasu said, “There were four secret compartments in the car - one each in the rear seat, driver seat, front seat and rear bumper. We found Rs 60 lakh from the rear bumper compartment and the remaining Rs 30 lakh from the rear seat compartment.”
COIMBATORE: A day after a gang stole a car, Rs 27.5 lakh and two mobile phones from a Kerala realtor near Navakkarai in the district, the vehicle was found abandoned on Siruvani Main Road near Madampatti on the outskirts of the city in the early hours of Saturday. The mobile phones, one of which belongs to the realtor’s driver, were found near Perur Pachapalayam.
The gang had taken away the cash, which the realtor, Abdul Salam, 50, of Malappuram in Kerala, said belonged to Mohammed Ali, 65, of the same locality, who was into gold business.
Police brought Mohammed Ali to the city for inquiry and he told them that the amount didn’t belong to him and he was not aware of the money transportation.