Police seize ₹50 lakh cash from car on Pune-Mumbai Expressway

The vehicle carrying the cash was intercepted at Urse toll plaza and was on its way to Pune from Mumbai to Pune

The Shirgaon police during a patrol check on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway within the jurisdiction of the Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissionerate intercepted a car in which cash estimated to be worth ₹50 lakh was seized on Tuesday.

Deputy commissioner of police Bapu Bangar said that Shirgaon police said, “The incident is being investigated.” (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

The vehicle carrying the cash was intercepted at Urse toll plaza and was on its way to Pune from Mumbai to Pune.

The cash seizure comes amidst the ongoing Lok Sabha elections code of conduct came into force in Maharashtra wherein the district administration has taken additional security measures and erected checkpoints to ensure compliance with the model code of conduct.

Deputy commissioner of police Bapu Bangar said that Shirgaon police said, “The incident is being investigated.”