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Assam: Three government officials arrested with huge cash

| | Apr 27, 2017, at 03:08 am
Guwahati, Apr 26 (IBNS): The Assam Police on Wednesday arrested three government officials including a Block Development Officer (BDO) with huge cash in lower Assam’s Baksa district.

According to the reports, Baksa police recovered Rs 3.80 lakh from a vehicle bearing registration number of AS-01-AZ-2853 in which the government officials of Barama development block were travelling.

The police also arrested BDO of Barama development block Radhika Ranjan Sheel and two junior engineers of the block named Phatik Haloi and Amalesh Nath.

A top police official said that, the officials carried the amount in the vehicle and it is suspected to be public money.

“Verification process of the seizure cash and interrogation is going on,” the top police official said.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

 

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