Railway police seizes Rs 4.49 lakh with new notes from Ambala Cantt railway station

Railway police on Monday recovered Rs 4.49 lakh, including more than half of the amount in new Rs 2000 denomination notes, from two persons at the Ambala Cantt railway station in Ambala. 

The two persons, reportedly from Ghaziabad, were travelling in a Amritsar-bound train, when they were intercepted by the Railway police this evening, officials said, adding that Rs 4.49 lakh were recovered from them.

The police were questioning the duo, who claimed to deal in vegetable business.

The recovered currency also included 132 new notes of denomination of Rs 2000, police said.

The Railway police has also informed the matter to the Income Tax department.