Delhi: Shocking details emerge in GK cash seize case

New Delhi: Fresh and shocking details have emerged in Delhi's GK-I area’s cash seizure case. The total amount of seizure in the raid by the city police at a law firm in southeast Delhi on Monday neared Rs 13.5 crore, of which Rs 2.6 crore was in new banknotes released after demonetisation, a senior police official said.

• If sources are to be believed, the name of a former minister is also cropping up in the case

 

• All the big jewelers are being questioned and probed in order to get the details about jewellery seized

 

• The police is also trying to find the links between the former minister, big jewelers and Rohit Tandon

 

• The raid was carried out by Crime Branch at the office of T&T Law Firm last night, the officer said

 

• The recovered amount is close to Rs 13.5 crore. Out of the recovered money, Rs 7 crore is in the form of demonetized Rs 1,000 notes. Whereas, Rs 3 crore is in the form of Rs 100 notes and Rs 2.61 rore is in the form of Rs 2,000 denominations. Rest of the cash is in the form of Rs 50 and Rs 500 denominations said Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner of police (Crime)

 

• When the police team raided the office, the rooms were locked and a caretaker was present. "It's probably one of the several office premises which was mainly used as cash godown guarded by just one guard”

 

• Police said that more cash was likely to be recovered in the follow-up raids

The IT department has been informed and will be probing the case ahead. Police said that the law firm whose office was raided belongs to Rohit Tandon. (With PTI inputs)