Rs 31.68 lakh cash recovered from bus passenger in Punjab's Hoshiarpur

HOSHIARPUR ( PUNJAB ): The police on Thursday recovered Rs 31.68 lakh unaccounted cash from a passenger travelling in a Jalandhar-bound bus, officials said.


Senior superintendent of police, Hoshiarpur, Navjot Singh Mahal said during checking, the police recovered Rs 31,68,950 from a passenger identified as Sukhwinder.

He failed to furnish any valid documents to support the case, he said, adding Sukhwinder claimed that he was working as a helper at a jewellery shop in Pathankot.

The SSP said the police had called officials of the Income Tax Department for further investigation.