Mumbai: Four trucks of a courier consignment have been seized by National Investigation Agency and Income Tax Department on late Monday. These four trucks were full of cash, gold and jewellery worth estimated Rs. 200 crore, an official said. A top IT Official said here on Tuesday that these trucks contain around 150 bags full of cash and jewellery, stumping the investigators who suspect a terror angle. It is being billed as the biggest operation of this type.
Counting of the cash and valuation of the jewellery is currently on at the IT headquarters in Mumbai and the true value of the consignment is expected to be known only within another day or so, the official said.
The operation was carried out following a tip-off received by the NIA at least a week ago.
It roped in the I-T Department for help as a huge amount of cash was involved.
Not ruling out a terror funding angle, at least a dozen of those detained are being questioned separately by the NIA.
At least 47 people, including personal couriers, locally known as ‘angadiyas’, were detained and 20 were let off after initial questioning by the two agencies early Tuesday morning.
Bureau Report
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