Howrah: ‘Large’ money haul from automotive carrying 3 Jharkhand Congress MLAs | Kolkata Information – Occasions of India

HOWRAH: Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand had been being questioned after police in Kolkata’s twin metropolis of Howrah acted on a tip-off and stopped their automotive Saturday night once they had been touring by means of Bengal, and located a big pile of money. The haul was so giant that police sought counting machines from a financial institution to know the quantity, mentioned Howrah (rural) SP Swati Bhangalia.

Large amount of money which was present in a automobile wherein three Jharkhand Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Viksal Kongadi, had been touring, at Ranihati in Howrah district, Saturday night time, July 30, 2022. (PTI Photograph)

The automobile was intercepted at Panchla-Ranihati intersection primarily based on details about a cash-load stashed away in it, however police knew nothing initially concerning the passengers.

Cops learnt later that the travellers are Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Vixel Kongari – three Congress legislators from the neighbouring state, on their means from Jamtara in Jharkhand to East Midnapore in Bengal.

The MLAs had been taken to a police station for questioning. “They’re requested to disclose the cash’s supply. Money counting machines have been sought from a close-by financial institution department,” a police officer mentioned. Sources mentioned not one of the MLAs have declared the supply of the cash they had been carrying.