MP: Police, IT officials recover 52 kg gold, around Rs 9.86 cr cash from abandoned car in Bhopal; investigation underway

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 20 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh police and Income Tax officials recovered 52 kg of gold worth over Rs 40 crores and Rs 9.86 crores cash from an abandoned car in state capital Bhopal on Thursday late at night, a police official said on Friday.

The case was parked abandoned near Mendori-Kushalpur road under the jurisdiction of Ratibad police station limits in the state capital. On getting the information, the police reached the spot, seized the amount and an investigation into the matter was underway, the police added.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP, Bhopal Zone-1), Priyanka Shukla told ANI, “On Thursday night, we received information that there is an abandoned car near Mendori-Kushalpur road under Ratibad police station limits. Acting on it, the police reached the spot and found that there were around seven-eight bags inside the car. It was suspected that due to the raid action of IT and other departments in the last a few days, someone might have left its property there.”

Later, the police informed the Income Tax Department about the matter, following which the officials reached the spot, broke the glass of the vehicle and took out the bags kept inside the car, the officer said.

“When the bags were checked, around 52 kg of gold worth around Rs 40 crores and around Rs 9.86 crores of cash money was recovered from it. Further action was being taken by the IT department,” she added.

The officer further said that the car contained the number plate MP 07 (Gwalior RTO) registered in the name of Chetan Singh, who is originally a resident of Gwalior and currently living in Bhopal. An investigation into the matter is underway.