UDAIPUR: Police on Wednesday early morning busted a hawala racket and confiscated Rs 1.48 crore from a car. Two persons were arrested and a minor detained. The cash was being transferred to Gujarat.
According to Shailendra Singh Chouhan, SHO, Ghantaghar police station, the police were on a routine round in the Mochiwara area. Noticing a suspicious car with Gujarat registration, they stopped it and questioned the persons inside. The police searched the car and found bundles of currency notes hidden under the rear seat. The police recovered 10 bundles of notes packed in cotton bags.
Pratapram Prajapat and Shankarlal of Kalindari village in Sirohi were arrested and taken to the police station. The minor was detained. When questioned, they confessed that they were transferring the cash to Ahmedabad in Gujarat. They were working for a trader in Gujarat who is involved in transferring cash from one location to another.
According to Shailendra Singh Chouhan, SHO, Ghantaghar police station, the police were on a routine round in the Mochiwara area. Noticing a suspicious car with Gujarat registration, they stopped it and questioned the persons inside. The police searched the car and found bundles of currency notes hidden under the rear seat. The police recovered 10 bundles of notes packed in cotton bags.
Pratapram Prajapat and Shankarlal of Kalindari village in Sirohi were arrested and taken to the police station. The minor was detained. When questioned, they confessed that they were transferring the cash to Ahmedabad in Gujarat. They were working for a trader in Gujarat who is involved in transferring cash from one location to another.
